Pickford makes Euro history as England's clean sheet run rolls on
Harry Kane scored either side of Harry Maguire’s brilliant header before Jordan Henderson’s first England goal – on his 62nd cap – sealed an emphatic quarter-final triumph in Rome.
England now head back to Wembley for a semi-final clash with Denmark, who defeated the Czech Republic, on Wednesday, with a first appearance in a final since 1966 in the offing.
While England’s attack clicked, it is the Three Lions’ defensive resilience which has seen them through, with Saturday’s win bringing up their seventh clean sheet in a row.
It is the first time England have gone as many games without conceding a goal, with the run totalling 662 miniutes.
Five of those clean sheets have come at the tournament – no side has ever kept five successive shut-outs to start a Euros campaign.
Pickford, who had a difficult 2020-21 season with Everton, especially in the first half of the campaign, has played every minute.
