Bukayo Saka starred with a goal in each half as England thrashed Iran 6-2 to get their World Cup Group B campaign up and running in emphatic fashion.Gareth Southgates call to start Saka ahead of Manchester Citys Phil Foden was vindicated, while his decision to stick with stalwarts Harry Maguire and Raheem Sterling despite their poor club form also paid dividends.Sterling made it 3-0 at halftime after Jude Bellingham headed his maiden international goal and Saka lashed into the top corner from Maguires knockdown.Mehdi Taremi got Iran on the scoresheet midway through the second half and netted a penalty deep into stoppage time, but that was scant consolation as further strikes from Saka and substitutes Marcus Rashford and Jack Grealish once again demonstrated the taste Southgates England have for tournament football. 1H 2H Final England336Iran022Goals:ENG Jude Bellingham (Luke Shaw) 35th minute.ENG Bukayo Saka (Harry Maguire) 43th minute.ENG Raheem Sterling (Harry Kane) 45th minute +1.ENG Bukayo Saka (Raheem Sterling) 62nd minute.IRN Mehdi Taremi (Ali Gholizadeh) 65th minuteENG Marcus Rashford (Harry Kane) 71st minute.ENG Jack Grealish (Callum Wilson) 89th minute.IRN Mehdi Taremi (penalty) 90th minute+13.MORE: Carlos Kyle Long Jersey Queiroz's plans for his Iran side to spoil and frustrate went up in smoke after the half hour, with their cause not helped by a head injury that forced goalkeeper Ali Beiranvand from the action.After Maguire thudded a Kieran Trippier corner against the cro sbar, Beiranvand's replacement Ho sein Ho seini had no chance when Boru sia Dortmund midfielder Bellingham nodded in Luke Shaw's cro s.Iran looked uneasy under England setpieces throughout the first Akiem Hicks Jersey half and Saka rifled home to make it 2-0 from Maguire's knockdown.It got worse for Queiroz's men when Sterling, who failed to score on England's run to the semifinals at Ru sia 2018, dispatched Harry Kane's cro s on the volley.The Chelsea winger turned provider when he found Saka after the hour and Kane combined with Rashford in similar fashion for the Manchester United favourite to make an instant impact from the bench.Taremi thumped home via the cro sbar in between those goals and also netted a penalty deep into stoppage time when John Stones was very harshly punished via VAR for an infringement at a corner. By that point, Callum Wilson had teed up Grealish after the magnificent Bellingham tore Iran apart with a perfect throughball. This was a statement of intent from England.13 goal contributions in his last 17 games acro s all competitions for Bukayo Saka Sporting News Football Club (@sn_footballclub) Fulltime: No time for England to kickoff. Silly ended there, but Southgate and his players can be very satisfied after playing wth an irresistible swagger throughout. Saka was the two-goal hero and Bellingham looks like the sort of player who might just help this team to take the next step. Thanks for joining us!90th Kyle Fuller Jersey minute+13: GOOAAALLL!! Taremi!!!Iran's number nine sends Pickford the wrong way. He's level with Saka and Ecuador's Enner Valencia at the top of the Golden Boot standings.Can we all go home now, please?90th minute+11: Penalty to Iran! Comparing that to the challenge on Maguire that happened way back in the second minute, that feels absurd.90th minute+10:VAR check, po sible penalty to Iran. Will this game ever end? John Stones the po sible culprit for a shirt pull. But it'd be a soft one.90th minute+8: Azmoun gets through and crashes goalwards. The ball thumps into the cro sbar. Replays suggest Pickford got a fingertip on that an astonishing save.90th minute: Blimey, 10 minutes stoppage time. The officials being stickers for the rules is doing Iran no favours.89th minute: GOOOAAALLLLL!!!!! Grealish!!!Bellingham slices Iran's backline to pieces with a sumptuous throughball. Wilson's pace in behind is not something Iran are equipped to deal with at this stage. He cuts it back to Grealish for a simple finish.Six of the best, England have made them pay! Callum Wilson sets up Jack Grealish to score! Reaction on , and the app BBC Sport (@BBCSport) SIX GOALS FOR ENGLANDJack Grealish earns his first FIFA World Cup goal FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) 86th minute: No alcohol in the grounds at this World Cup but more champagne stuff from England as Foden's backheel almost sets up Rashford Roquan Smith Jersey .85th minute: A cluster of Iranian bodies throw themselves in the way as Rashford breezes into the area again. They really need this one to be over soon. At least there'll be le s injury time this half!77th minute: Taremi is in again but tries to welt the ball all the way to Doha and his shot goes wide.76th minute: Star man Azmoun is on for Iran. Maybe things would have been different if he'd been fully fit but his teammates have made that a very, very hard case to make. Kane might not have scored but the England captain has been excellent. On comes Wilson and he'll fancy a goal.71st minute: GOOOAALLLLL!!!! Rashford!!!Simple as you like! Kane drops deep in his customary style. He finds Rashford, who chops inside and slots home left footed to claim his first goal in a major tournament.Rashfordddddd! Marcus Rashford gets in on the act against Iran immediately after being subbed on!Five star performance Watch on , listen on , get more on the app BBC Sport (@BBCSport) Too easy for Marcus Rashford scores its FIFTH goal of the match FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) 70th minute: Iran sense a chance with this unplanned man advantage and attack down the England right. Noorollahi fires wide. Pickford fumes at the referee. Now the changes happen. Sterling, Saka and Mount are the other men to make way.68th minute: We're yet to resume after that Iran goal. Maguire looking very groggy and he's going off. That's part of a quadruple change for England, with Dier coming on Tarik Cohen Jersey along with Foden, Grealish and Rashford. Much to England's frustration, despite booting the ball out from kickoff, the referee has not allowed the subs to come on and they're playing with 10 men.65th minute:GOOOAAALLLL!!!! Taremi!!!!Iran are on the board. Taremi runs off the back of Harry Maguire onto a pa s form one of the subs, Gholizadeh and clatters in via the cro sbar.There goes England's clean sheet A lovely finish from Iran's Mehdi Taremi England 4-1 Ira