Hungary devour England in Molineux massacre

England suffered a heavy defeat to Hungary that was as remarkable as it was humiliating as fans turned on Gareth Southgate and his players just five months out from the World Cup.

Among the favourites to triumph in Qatar having reached the semi-finals four years ago and finished as Euro 2020 runners-up, the England boss has plenty of food for thought after failing to win any of June's four fixtures.

The draws with Germany and Italy were bookended by a famous Hungary double, with the shock 1-0 triumph in Budapest – their first win against England since 1962 – followed by a major shock at Molineux.

Roland Sallai’s brace was complemented by a Zsolt Nagy screamer and – shortly after John Stones’ red card – Daniel Gazdag’s cool finish on a night when fans booed the team and chanted "you don’t know what you’re doing" at Southgate.

This was the worst possible end to England’s taxing run of four Nations League matches in just 11 days and the team have just two September matches to go until the World Cup.

England were outthought and outfought in Wolverhampton as Hungary won in England for just the second time.

The other victory was the Mighty Magyars’ famous 6-3 triumph at Wembley in 1953.

Southgate's men are rock-bottom of Group A3 at the end of a night that started with home fans chanting "you racist b*******, you know what you are" during the Hungarian national anthem.

England players were racially abused when the sides met in Budapest last September.

Southgate’s men started on the front foot and had an early chance to score when Reece James crossed for Jarrod Bowen to get away a header that was blocked.

England were playing with purpose and promise, only to be caught by a sucker punch against the run of play.

Stones leapt to prevent