Harry Kane swats away Gareth Southgate's critics after Hungary setback

Harry Kane believes boss Gareth Southgate is still the man to take England forward despite a 4-0 home defeat to Hungary.

Roland Sallai's brace was complemented by a thunderous Zsolt Nagy strike and - shortly after John Stones' red card - Daniel Gazdag made it 4-0 on a night when fans booed the team and chanted "you don't know what you're doing" at Southgate.

The second consecutive defeat to the Hungarians left England without a victory in four Nations League matches.

Southgate has credit in the bank after taking England to the 2018 World Cup semi-finals and the Euro 2020 final.

But his position has been questioned and, on whether Southgate was the right man, captain Kane told Channel 4: "Without any question. That's not a question I should even be answering if I'm honest."

Southgate insisted his young players will not suffer lasting damage from the "chastening" and "painful" Nations League defeat - calling for his critics to judge his side when it is at full strength.

The England manager took full responsibility for the record-breaking loss, the first time they have suffered a home defeat by four or more goals without scoring.

At the end of a season which kicked off 311 days ago with the Community Shield, Southgate had to continually shuffle his pack as he also wanted to look at options ahead of Qatar.

"It's a chastening night," admitted Southgate.

"We've not lost not many football matches and when you lose so heavily at home, especially, with England that's going to be very, very painful.

"It was a difficult night for the players, I feel for them, because in the end, in the two Hungry games in particular, I pick teams where I tried to balance the squad, give young players opportunities and I didn't get the balance right to help