The Manchester United man was involved right from the outset, receiving a nasty whack in the jaw with barely 90 seconds on the clock, but he didn’t let it deter him and was at the heart of everything good about the Three Lions in a World Cup game that will live long in the memory.
After missing several chances in the opening 2-1 win over Tunisia, Lingard might have felt he had a point to prove and, if that was the case, he responded in some style with the kind of spectacular goal that we have become accustomed to seeing in a red shirt.