Cahill powered England in front with a header from a corner

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Cahill powered home Trippier's corner. Screenshot

Gary Cahill may have only made England's world Cup squad by the skin of his teeth, but the Chelsea defender demonstrated his credentials by heading the 'Three Lions' in front against Nigeria at Wembley.

With just seven minutes gone, England won a corner down the right, with Tottenham's Kieran Trippier heading forward to swing it in.

The delivery was perfect, allowing Cahill to rise and power a header beyond Francis Uzoho in the visiting goal and the man on the post to open the scoring.

Remarkably, Cahill is the fifth-top scorer in England's World Cup squad, with five international goals.

The goal was England's earliest strike at Wembley since Wayne Rooney scored after six minutes against Lithuania in March 2015.