England boss Gareth Southgate saw his side ease to victory over the Republic of Ireland before setting his sights on a European Championship clash against Scotland next summer.
A much-changed Three Lions team secured a comfortable 3-0 win at Wembley as Harry Maguire captained the side and opened the scoring to make amends for his red card here against Denmark 29 days ago.
Jadon Sancho doubled the lead before a Dominic Calvert-Lewin penalty wrapped up the victory on a night where relative newcomers Jack Grealish and Bukayo Saka starred for the hosts.
While England were all but cruising to victory, their auld enemy were securing their place at next summer's rescheduled Euro 2020 finals with a dramatic penalty shoot-out win in Serbia.
Steve Clarke's side ended a 22-year wait to qualify for a major tournament and will now join England in Group D – with a Wembley clash between the pair slated for June 18.
Southgate, who played as England beat Scotland during Euro 96, is now relishing the prospect of another classic between the two Home Nations, especially if supporters will be allowed to attend.
"We all know what those sort of occasions are like," he said.
"We just hope the fans are there to see it.
"I think we were beaten 3-0, we are disappointed to lose the game but we can't complain really about anything," he said.
"We can't complain about the result in any way, shape or form but we are disappointed with the goals we conceded.
"The first one hurt us because we had started reasonably OK – we started well enough.
"The fact we went two down was disappointing and we gave ourselves a lot to do once that happened. England were very good, their system is interesting and they played well."
