Man United players feature in England victory over China at Womens World Cup

After starting the first two matches, United’s Ella Toone was a substitute on this occasion in Australia and came on for the final 10 minutes in place of her former United team-mate Lauren James.

The forward, who is now at Chelsea, was the undisputed star of the show, scoring two sublime goals herself and setting up three others for Alessia Russo, Lauren Hemp and Chloe Kelly.

James – who netted the winner in their previous outing against Denmark – also had another sensational strike ruled out in first-half stoppage time after Bronze was adjudged to be interfering when coming back from an offside position in the build-up.

Aston Villa’s Rachel Daly smashed home England’s sixth goal from close range in the 84th minute as the Lionesses dominated.

England, who only needed a point to top the group, now advance as Group D winners with three wins out of three and will face Nigeria in the round of 16 in Brisbane on Monday (08:30 BST).