England may have won 5-1 on Sunday but the win was undoubtedly overshadowed.

The talk after the game was about the racial abuse of several England players, abuse that had prompted Raheem Sterling to acknowledge it with his celebration for the fifth goal.

And after the game, Sterling called for more action to be taken when abuse happens.

"It's now time for the people that are in charge to put a real stamp on it because you can fine someone but what's that going to do?" he asked.

He wasn't the only one to call it out, either, as Gareth Southgate addressed it after the final whistle, too.

"There's no doubt in my mind it happened," said Southgate. "I know what I heard. It's unacceptable.

"We have to make sure our players feel supported, they know the dressing room is there and we as a group of staff are there for them."

The discussion has led to England captain Harry Kane saying that he'd back his teammates in whatever way they choose to deal with abuse.

Even if that means walking off the pitch.

"I'm fully supportive of my team-mates," Kane told Sky Sports. "If it happened again and they weren't happy and wanted to talk about it or take a breather, I'd fully back them in whatever they want to do.

"We're a team, we're a unit, we stick behind all our players and hope that it never happens again, but if it did, I'd take their lead on that and whatever they wanted, we'd support."

It's arguably the ideal attitude from the captain. He doesn't want to take the lead in such a scenario, nor should he, but he's standing up to offer the kind of support Southgate called for.

It's a stance that you hope Kane never has to demonstrate but we know he may have to eventually.

And if it does come to that, at least England's players know they have the strongest backing of their captain and coach.