The England players hit the turf after the full time whistle (Image: GETTY)
“It hurts, it’ll hurt for a while, but we can hold our heads up high. It was a fantastic journey, we got further than anyone thought we could, we’ve just got to learn from it."
Kane captained England through the group stage and past both Colombia and Sweden to reach the semi-finals.
He scored six goals in the competition but squandered two golden chances tonight.
Kane was put through one-on-one midway through the first half but missed both his initial shot and the rebound, which hit the post.
England were arguably guilty of wasting a number of chances in the first half but they thought they’d won it in extra time when John Stones’ header from a corner was cleared off the line.
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World Cup: Gareth Southgate reflects on semi final loss
Harry Kane (right) endured a tough night in Moscow (Image: GETTY)
Discussing the missed opportunities, Kane added: “We created some good chances, being 1-0 up. Maybe we dropped too deep at times. In big games, it’s small margins.
“We created some good chances, being 1-0 up. Maybe we dropped too deep at times. In big games, it’s small margins.
“There’s a lot we could have done better, but they played well. It’s been great to get to this stage, but we wanted to go on and win it.
“But we’ve fallen a bit short. It just hurts. It shows we can win knockout games; the next stage is to go one further.
“We’ve got to dust ourselves down and go again in a couple of years.”