England 6-2 Iran: World Cup 2022 – as it happened

Two-goal Bukayo Saka helped England get their campaign off to a flyer at the Khalifa International Stadium

There’s more of your reaction to the armband fiasco, too. “It’s hard not to compare Ehsan Hajsafi’s risking his personal safety and freedom to criticize the situation in Iran with the European FA’s unwillingness to get a yellow card” – Zach Neeley.

“The only armbands needed today are those of the various Football Association’s performativity swimming around the shallow end of protest” – Jaz Evans.

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