Gary Lineker makes Harry Kane stance crystal clear after England struggles in Denmark draw

But England were forced to settle for a point, with Morten Hjulmand's powerful lot shot soaring past Jordan Pickford and into the net.

While Kane was pleased to score, the forward struggled to make much of an impact and was eventually replaced by Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins.

Lineker feels Kane needs help from Southgate, believing more clarity on his role is required to coax the best from the 30-year-old.

"As a striker you have two jobs, score goals, which Harry Kane has been good at all his career, and make space," he said.

"He needs his manager to come to him and ask a little bit more of him.

"I would have expected that if I'd put in that kind of performance.

"Against a back three he has to stretch the play, run one way and then come short so you don't have to come too far to receive it.

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"He needs to make more space for the midfield players behind him to create chances."

As for Kane, the former Tottenham star insists England players know there's room for improvement.

With four points from a possible six, they're all but guaranteed to be playing in the last 16.

But with England scoring just two goals so far, and looking unconvincing in both matches, they must do better if they're to go all the way.

Kane said: "I think we said before the tournament there's no easy games and I think that's showing.

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"We've got levels we can reach and we can be better both with and without the ball.

"I think the sign of a good team is when you're not playing at your best and still find a way to get results like we have in the last two games.

"We're top of the group. We know we can improve.

"I know there will probably loads of noise and a bit of disappointment back home but we experienced this in the last Euros as well when we drew to Scotland.

"Step by step, we'll get there."

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England dropped deep against Serbia after scoring on Sunday, inviting pressure on themselves in the process.

And it was a similar story against Denmark today.

Kane continued: "I think it's something we've got to get better at.

"I think we're starting games well but when the teams are dropping deeper we're not quite sure how to get the pressure on and who's going.

"In the second half we tried to change a little bit but it was difficult.

"Credit to Denmark, they caused us some threats. Overall we've got to look back and see where we can improve."

England are next in action against Slovenia on Thursday (8pm).