Iceland defeat could be 'nice wake-up call' - Kane

Captain Harry Kane says England's 1-0 conclusion against Iceland astatine Wembley connected Friday "could beryllium a bully wake-up call" earlier Euro 2024.

England are 1 of nan tourney favourites but were booed disconnected aft a mediocre display successful nan last warm-up game.

Kane, who scored 36 Bundesliga goals successful his debut play astatine Bayern Munich, said location was a batch to amended connected earlier nan Euros commencement successful Germany connected Friday.

"Of people location will beryllium immoderate sound astir it (losing to Iceland) but I deliberation location is simply a batch of optimism from nan fans and rightly so," added nan 30-year-old. "Ultimately it is down to america to make judge we get it correct connected nan pitch.

"This could beryllium a bully wake-up telephone for everyone to realise it is not going to beryllium arsenic easy arsenic group think. There is simply a batch of activity to do."

Kane said England, pinch Chelsea's Cole Palmer and Newcastle guardant Anthony Gordon successful nan side, were unlucky not to person scored respective times successful nan Iceland encounter.

"I deliberation location are immoderate things we person to improve, for sure," he added.

"It was 1 of those games. On different time we had 3 aliases 4 clear-cut chances — myself, Cole, Ant had a bully chance — truthful we could person walked disconnected astatine 3-1 aliases 4-1 and we would each beryllium going into nan Euros very happy."

England statesman their Euro 2024 run against Serbia connected Sunday, 16 June, successful Gelsenkirchen.