England 3-0 Ivory Coast: Ollie Watkins, Raheem Sterling and Tyrone Mings strike

The look on Jack Grealish’s face as the referee prepared to send off Serge Aurier just before half-time told the story of this evening. Raheem Sterling celebrates with his team-mates after scoring England's second goal Sterling tucked away Jack Grealish's cross to double his side's lead in the first half The captain on the night made no mistake to put England in firm control of the friendly In the second period, the ball rarely left the Ivory Coast half and though England didn’t score again until Tyrone Mings headed in a corner with seconds of added time remaining, that, at times, seemed almost incidental. Watkins taps home at the back post to open the coring midway through the first half The young striker could not miss the target after being teed up by team-mate Sterling Ultimately, Southgate’s decision to go with the rather more conservative pairing of Declan Rice and Kalvin Phillips was vindicated as England reached the final. Watkins celebrates after marking his first start with a goal at Wembley Stadium Referee Erik Lambrechts shows Serge Aurier a red card following a second yellow offence Ivory Coast were disorganised at best and reckless and chaotic at times. Harry Maguire attempts to console former Spurs man Aurier as he makes his way off the pitch Tyrone Mings scores England's third goal with a header from a corner There was an increasing purpose about England’s football.