Harry Kane left it late to save at least some of England's blushes as they qualified for the World Cup at Wembley on Thursday night, but for a while the real hero was a paper aeroplane.

Yes, it really was that bad.

Fans who were left less than enthused by the performance of Gareth Southgate's side against Slovenia took to throwing paper planes onto the pitch , with viewers both at home and in the national stadium finding the whole thing hilarious.

But it wasn't until one of the planes headed straight for the Wembley goal that people started to get really excited.

It's going in!
Well it was a lot more exciting than the game
England 2-0 Slovenia (Plane, Kane)

As you can see in the video above, supporters tracked the flight of the plane all the way into the goal, before celebrating wildly as it crossed the line.

It was the loudest cheer heard at Wembley until Kane struck in stoppage time to secure England a less than convincing 1-0 win.

Maybe Southgate should consider a Kane-Plane strike partnership at the World Cup?

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