Harry Kane has been forced to end an interview with the BBC earlier than planned due to losing his voice, causing huge laughter among fans. The England captain scored the winning goal in a dramatic 3-2 victory over Mexico.
England qualified for the World Cup quarter-finals with the victory. Full-time featured England players celebrating with a raucous crowd singing Wonderwall, but it was marred by midfielder Jordan Henderson suffering a “really bad” wrist injury after falling into a billboard.
Cain admitted he couldn’t understand Henderson as he struggled to finish the interview, his voice breaking regularly and his answers more raspy than usual.
At the beginning of the interview, Kane said, “I lost my voice,” before giving an update on Henderson. Interviewer Kelly Somers said, “I think it says it all that your voice has disappeared.”
To the best of his ability, Kane said: “It was a crazy game. We had to fight and we had to find something. I can’t say much, just singing. The situation, the team, everything against us, we found a way.”
He ended the interview by saying, “I’m speechless, I really can’t speak.” Somers then told him to rest his voice for the quarterfinal match against Norway and walked away clutching his throat.
Fans immediately posted their reactions to the interview on social media. “Altitude reached Harry Kane! One of the most amazing things I’ve ever heard,” said one.
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A second said: “I’m crying listening to this Harry Kane voice. Kane already sounds like Kermit the Frog.” A third added: “Even Harry Kane’s voice fell apart after that heroic performance against Mexico.”
The game was tense in the first 30 minutes, but Jude Bellingham’s fast-break double gave England a 2-0 lead at halftime. But Mexico made it 2-1 just before halftime with a goal from Julian Quiñones.
Less than 10 minutes into the second half, England were reduced to 10 men after Jarrell Quansah was shown a straight red card following a VAR check. But just six minutes later, Anthony Gordon was fouled in the box and England had a chance to make it 3-1 when Kane made no mistake from the penalty spot.
Mexico were awarded their own penalty after another VAR check concluded that Kane had fouled an opponent in the box. Raul Jiminez made it 3-2 in the 69th minute, setting the stage for a grandstand finish.
Despite a numerical disadvantage and 11 minutes of added time, the Three Lions defended heroically and saw out victory. Their reward was a place in the last eight against Erling Haaland’s Norway, who earlier defeated Brazil 2-1.
