Harry Kane targets Wayne Rooney's England record against Italy and Hungary

Skipper Harry Kane is desperate to start England’s final two fixtures of a mammoth season having reached 50 internationals to come within three of the record haul.

The 28-year-old made his 60th appearance for club and country in the Nations League encounter against Germany in Munich on Tuesday, where he scored a late penalty past Manuel Neuer to secure a 1-1 draw.

England had been staring down the barrel of back-to-back Nations League losses after Jonas Hofmann struck to put Germany on course to compound Saturday’s shock 1-0 loss at unfancied Hungary.

But the Three Lions captain converted the penalty he won to seal an important point, reaching a half century of international goals in the process as he edges closer to Wayne Rooney’s all-time record of 53.

“It doesn’t get much bigger,” Kane said of the setting for his 50th England goal. “Germany is obviously one of our rivals over the years and a really big game, whether it’s Nations League, European competitions, World Cup, friendly.

“It’s always a big game for us, for our fans, for the country.

“It’s always nice scoring away from home in tough environments and it was a pleasing night. I probably should have got a couple more, if I’m totally honest, but that’s the way it goes.

“I thought it was really important that we didn’t lose, and we got a good point. Now we can go on to two home games and try get ourselves into a good position in the group.”

Following their matches in Budapest and Munich, England round off a testing run of four Nations League matches in an 11-day period with a double-header in Wolverhampton.

GERMANY RATINGS: Manuel Neuer 7 - Made one incredible stop, maybe slightly lucky in terms of it pinging off his hip, when he got himself across his goal to deny