WATCH: Yoane Wissa gives England huge fright in World Cup round of 32

England channelled their inner Newcastle United again on Tuesday evening as they made very hard work of progressing to the next round of the World Cup.

Once again, England could not defeat a low block, looking like Newcastle last season when presented with a strong defence - absolutely clueless.

England's defence was absolutely woeful, and if DR Congo were actually interested in attacking, they may have gone on to win the game comfortably.

Yoane Wissa's side were ahead after just seven minutes via Brian Cipenga after some schoolboy defending from England and Jordan Pickford doing his best impression of Rimmer from Red Dwarf (Hologram for those of you too young to know what I'm talking about).

England needed watering to come to life

It took the much-loathed hydration break and a rollocking from Thomas Tuchel for England to wake up. No shots and no touches in the box before the break were quickly rectified, but it was Newcastle's Yoane Wissa who should have found himself on the scoresheet next.

Wissa got on the end of a deflected cross and fired goalwards, only to strike the post. It felt more like the Wissa we as Newcastle fans used to rather than the Congo goal machine, thankfully for England.

Lionel Mpasi, in between the sticks for Congo, looked unbeatable. It seemed that he had an answer for everything England threw at him, but his resistance broke down eventually.

It took until after the second half hydration break and the arrival of former Newcastle star Anthony Gordon to turn the game on its head.

Twice, Gordon provided for Harry Kane. The first saw Kane nod home from an inch-perfect Gordon cross, but the winning goal was all Kane. Picking the ball up from Gordon, Kane wiggled free of his marker before firing a rocket into the top corner.

Yoane Wissa came close again

Yoane Wissa had a chance late on to restore parity from a free kick, but the £55m man sent the ball high and wide.

Once again, Dan Burn was a mere passenger, watching on from the bench, but as Yoane Wissa heads home, Big Dan Burn remains on the other side of the Atlantic.

We wonder how Thomas Tuchel is feeling about his defensive selections now. Djed Spence is not a World Cup-level player, and the lack of full-back options has truly come to bite the German in the rear. Lewis Hall, James Garner and Trent Alexander-Arnold must be secretly chuckling at what's going on.