England 2 Australia 1: Marcus Rashford scores on his debut to become youngest English goalscorer

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Marcus Rashford stole the headlines on his debut for England after scoring a fine goal against Australia to help the Three Lions onto a 2-1 win at the Stadium of Light on Friday night.

The United striker, making his debut aged just 18 years and 208 days, opened the scoring within just three minutes when he volleyed in Raheem Sterling's pass from the left to mark his England debut in style.

Not only did the goal hand Roy Hodgson's side a 1-0 lead at the Stadium of Light, but it also meant Rashford became the youngest-ever goalscorer in England history as he beat Michael Owen's previous record of scoring at the age of 18 years and 164 days.

Jordan Henderson came close to making it 2-0 before the break, but saw his effort tipped over the bar before Hodgson decided to begin the second period by bringing on Wayne Rooney and James Milner.

The substitutions proved important as Sterling used his pace to launch a counter-attack in the 55th minute to set up Rooney, who then smashed in from outside the box to double England's advantage.

Milner also had a chance to get on the scoresheet but fired just wide before England conceded in disappointing fashion when substitute Eric Dier delivered a diving header in an attempt to clear a cross from the right flank, but ended up sending the ball into the back of his own net in the 75th minute.

Despite the goal, England held on to record their second pre-Euro 2016 friendly win in a row as Hodgson now prepares to whittle his 26-man squad down to 23 players next week.

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