Harry Kane believes this England team are "as good as we've ever had" after they completed a flawless World Cup qualification campaign with eight wins from eight.

A 2-0 victory in Albania ensured England maintained their 100% winning record and also finished their Group K fixtures without conceding a single goal.

The Three Lions rarely had any difficulty navigating qualification under Gareth Southgate, who guided the team to two Euros finals and a World Cup semi-final, but they have lifted the standards again under Thomas Tuchel.

Only Yugoslavia, who played just four games ahead of the 1954 World Cup, had previously qualified for a finals from Europe while winning every game without conceding.

Now, Kane, who scored both goals against Albania, is not shying away from England's status as one of the favourites ahead of next year's tournament in North America.

"I think it's as good as we've ever had," Kane told ITV Sport of his team in Tirana.

"When you look at the starting XI, you look at the players coming off the bench, we're going to go into the tournament as one of the favourites. We have to accept that.

"We've been like that for the last two tournaments. That's part and parcel of it.

"We've been building, we've had a great year together with the new coach, and now we look forward to obviously a big 2026."

England were already assured of qualification before Sunday's win, but Kane was keen to see his side end the campaign and the year on a high.

They head into a World Cup year on a record run of 11 straight victories.

"We've set the standard now, especially in the last few camps," he said. "We've carried it on into this camp.

"It's an important win; you don't want to finish with a loss at the end of the year and have to wait until March to play again. We can go away and enjoy this now."