Rose goes into the book very late on for a needless slide tackle on Nedyalkov. He gets the ball, but it's a strong challenge and the referee deems it sufficient for a yellow card.
90' +1
We're into two minutes of added time at the end of the second half.
85'
Play is stopped as Sarmov is down for a breather. He blocks a powerful Rashford shot with a rather sensitive area and needs a minute to recover.
84'
This is lovely from England, with Rose and Oxlade-Chamberlain combining beautifully on the left-hand side of the box. Rose manages to beat his markers and get a shot away too, but it's blocked.
82'
D. Mladenov enters the game and replaces G. Ivanov.
Bulgaria make their final change, bringing off Ivanov for Mladenov, the 32-year-old making his international debut!
81'
England now with a chance to break, and Barkley tries to find Rashford with the final pass, but he doesn't execute it well and Iliev can collect.
79'
Mount picks up the ball outside the box and passes into Sancho. The Dortmund winger tries to slip Mount back in, but he doesn't continue his run and the ball rolls out of play for a goal-kick. They aren't quite on the same wavelength.
77'
A. Oxlade-Chamberlain enters the game and replaces H. Kane.
Kane departs after another excellent performance, and Oxlade-Chamberlain comes on, making his first England appearance for 18 months.
73'
Penalty goal scored by H. Kane for England!
GOOAAL! IT'S 4-0! Kane completes his hat-trick - his second for England - with another thunderous penalty, this time into the left side of the goal.
PENALTY GIVEN! England win another penalty, this time Dimitrov catching Kane's feet from behind. Dimitrov was only just brought on for the man that gave away the first penalty!
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71'
J. Sancho enters the game and replaces R. Sterling.
Southgate makes another change, bringing off goalscorer Sterling for Sancho, another exciting young Englishman.
70'
Bulgaria launch a counter, Wanderson slipping in Nedyalkov, but Maguire gets across to cover and ends up winning a throw for England.
69'
Mount offers his first contribution to proceedings, trying to test Iliev with a shot from distance, but it's way off target.
67'
K. Despodov enters the game and replaces Marcelinho.
M. Mount enters the game and replaces J. Henderson.
Southgate makes his first change and takes off Henderson for Mount, who makes a highly-anticipated international debut.
Marcelinho is the next Bulgarian to come off, replaced by Despodov.
65'
K. Dimitrov enters the game and replaces N. Bodurov.
Bodurov, who gave away the penalty, comes off for Dimitrov, another centre-back.
64'
Bulgaria have everyone back behind the ball except striker Marcelinho and - despite Sterling and Rashford occupying wide positions - the defence stay narrow and deny England any space.
62'
England have a chance to counter through Henderson. He sends the ball onto Sterling, but the winger turns back and recycles possession to switch the point of attack.
61'
Henderson looks to combine with Sterling on the right, but Malinov intercepts and clears the danger to provide some welcome respite from the England pressure.
59'
The temptation now, though, is that England relax and lose some focus. They need to keep their foot on the gas and stay alert at the back. Now they're three goals to the good, perhaps this is the time for Southgate to introduce some substitutes.
55'
R. Sterling has scored a goal for England! Assist by H. Kane.
GOAAAL! IT'S 3-0! Kane wins possession high up the pitch and lays it off to Rashford. He passes back to Kane, who crosses into the six-yard box and Sterling throws himself towards the ball and turns it in.
Kane isn't just a goalscorer! He starts the move by winning the ball back and ends up getting the assist after a neat give-and-go with Rashford.
54'
Sterling now tries to take on Nedyalkov one-on-one, but the Bulgarian does well and makes a clean tackle to get the ball away and launch a counter.
53'
Rashford finds Barkley on the left of the box, and he creates some space with some close-quarters footwork, but he doesn't find a team-mate and Bulgaria clear.
49'
Penalty goal scored by H. Kane for England!
GOAL! ENGLAND LEAD 2-0! Kane sends Iliev the wrong way and smashes his penalty into the top-right corner. He's lethal from the spot and converts another one today.
47'
Wanderson releases Nedyalkov down the left, and the wing-back gets his cross away, but Maguire clears.
46'
KICK-OFF! Bulgaria restart the action, looking to overturn a 1-0 deficit.
45'
HALF-TIME: ENGLAND 1-0 BULGARIA.
40'
Here's Rice now driving forwards from midfield, but he runs out of space and is forced to turn back.
38'
This is nice from England. Rashford, Barkley and Rose all combine on the edge of the box, and it leads to a crossing opportunity for Rose, but he fails to pick out a team-mate.
36'
N. Bodurov gets yellow.
Bodurov is shown a yellow card for dragging Rashford back by the shirt on the halfway line. It's cynical as Rashford is away here.
35'
Rashford picks out Rose with a wonderful througball on the turn, and Rose then crosses into the box, but he perhaps chooses the wrong option. Kane was open, but the left-back decides to pick out Sterling, who was under pressure, and his first touch is heavy.
33'
England have been in control so far and they lead, but the fact they've been opened up twice already should be cause for concern - especially when both Henderson and Rice are playing.
32'
CHANCE! Ivanov should do better! He has a great chance to equalise with a header from the penalty spot - assisted by Strahil Popov with a cross - but he heads it down into the ground and gets no power on it.
30'
M. Keane gets yellow.
Keane is the first player to be shown a yellow card for coming through the back of Marcelinho on the halfway line. Letting your opponent know you're there, perhaps?
29'
Kane tries to pinch the ball off Marcelinho in a good position, but the referee awards a free-kick to Bulgaria. Sterling and Rashford were running in behind as well, so it's a lucky break for the visitors.
27'
Bulgaria should be disappointed with that. They'd set up for a defensive game and, by all accounts, had played well at the back. But poor decision-making lets them down - why didn't they clear the ball?!
24'
H. Kane has scored a goal for England! Assist by R. Sterling.
Great play from Sterling to press the Bulgaria defenders inside their own box and win the ball back in a goal-scoring position.
GOAAAL! ENGLAND FIND THE BREAKTHROUGH! It's poor defending from Bulgaria, trying to play out of trouble. Sterling presses, wins the ball and crosses back to Kane in the centre of the box. All the captain needs to do is pick his spot - he makes no mistake, as you'd expect.
23'
It's a sign of how frustrated England are getting early on here, with Rashford firing off a wayward shot from outside the box.
21'
Here come England again, this time through Henderson. He plays a pass into Barkley, but the Chelsea midfielder has his back to goal and opts to pass back into defence, rather than turn and move towards goal.
17'
This game has set into a familiar pattern for England. Lots of possession around the box, but no penetration as they struggle to break down a packed defence that's set up very deep inside their own half. It raises the question of why Southgate left the likes of Mount, Maddison and Winks on the bench.
13'
Henderson tries to find Kane early with a chipped throughball towards the centre spot, but Iliev is off his line to sweep up. The pass is just slightly overhit, but the idea is right.
11'
Sterling gets involved now - beating Popov with a change of pace to get into the box - but Bodurov gets his head to the near-post cross and sends it behind for an England corner.
9'
Barkley finds Rose with a clever throughball into the left-hand channel, but Rose's cross is blocked and England win a throw.
8'
Rashford now tries to surge towards the box, but he can't beat Nedyalkov and Bulgaria get the ball away.
7'
Well England have dominated possession so far, but they haven't created anything just yet. Barkley is trying to make something happen with long diagonal passess into the channels, but the Bulgarian back five are coping well - and it's the visitors with the first chance of the game.
3'
It seems as though Bulgaria have set up with a back five, not a back four. Sarmov, the defensive midfielder, is sitting in between the centre-backs. With Barkley the only creative passer in midfield, the Three Lions could find the Bulgarians tough to break down.
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KICK-OFF! England get the game started.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of England’s Euro 2020 qualifier against Bulgaria.
England have been cruising in Group A so far with a 100 per cent record, the only minor blemish being the goal they conceded against Montenegro. The Three Lions are expected to make it three from three against a Bulgaria side that are yet to win in this qualification campaign - they’ve drawn two and lost two, and another defeat would effectively end their hopes of reaching Euro 2020.
ENGLAND XI (4-3-3): Jordan Pickford; Kieran Trippier, Michael Keane, Harry Maguire, Danny Rose; Jordan Henderson, Declan Rice, Ross Barkley; Raheem Sterling, Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford.
SUBS: Tom Heaton, Nick Pope, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ben Chilwell, Tyrone Mings, Joe Gomez, Harry Winks, Mason Mount, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, James Maddison, Jadon Sancho, Callum Wilson.
BULGARIA XI (4-1-4-1): Plamen Iliev; Strahil Popov, Nikolay Bodurov, Vasil Bozhikov, Anton Nedyalkov; Georgi Sarmov; Galin Ivanov, Ivelin Popov, Kristiyan Malinov, Wanderson; Marcelinho.
SUBS: Nikolay Dimitrov, Hristo Ivanov, Simeon Slavchev, Bozhidar Kraev, Kristian Dimitrov, Georgi Pashov, Georgi Milanov, Daniel Mladenov, Martin Lukov, Georgi Terziev, Ivan Goranov, Kiril Despodov.
The teams are out and kick-off is coming up next!
Will we see any changes at the break or soon after? The problems are in midfield, with Barkley required to shoulder most of the creative burden in the middle third. England are crying out for one of Mount or Maddison to cause some havoc. Sancho, too, will be keen to come on after watching a quiet half from Rashford.
The win means England return to the top of Group A after temporarily losing top spot to Kosovo, following their win over the Czech Republic earlier today. These two sides meet on Tuesday at St Mary's Stadium and Kosovo might prove to be the Three Lions' toughest test of the campaign. For Bulgaria, it's a friendly against Ireland on Tuesday, resuming their qualification campaign in October.
That's all from England's 4-0 victory over Bulgaria. Thank you for staying with us and, until next time, goodbye!
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