England enjoyed a 3-1 win over Finland, thanks to goals from Jack Grealish, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Declan Rice at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on Sunday to get their Nations League campaign back on track after Thursday's humbling loss to Greece.
England are second in Group B2 with nine points after four games, level on points with leaders Greece who host Ireland later on Sunday, while Finland are at the bottom without a point.
"I think we could have had a few more (goals), especially towards the end as the game opened up," Grealish told ITV.
"It was difficult at times in the first half, but we went in at halftime with a one-goal lead, and then I think we dominated the game."
Grealish opened the scoring in the 18th minute with his fourth England goal when Angel Gomes spun and slipped a clever pass into the path of the winger, who slotted the ball into the far corner past goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky.
Alexander-Arnold then bent a free kick from 20 metres over the wall into the top corner in the 74th before Rice tapped home substitute Ollie Watkins' cross 10 minutes later after making a bursting run from midfield.
Arttu Hoskonen pulled one back for Finland with an 87th-minute header from a corner, the lapse in England's defence costing keeper Dean Henderson a clean sheet on his first start.
"At the end, we were a bit gutted as players to concede from a set piece. But ... we needed a win today, so happy with that" added Grealish, who celebrated his goal with a thumb-sucking gesture to celebrate the birth of his daughter last month.
England's stand-in manager Lee Carsley made six changes from the shambolic 2-1 defeat by Greece at Wembley, with captain Harry Kane back from injury to lead the line.
England also returned to a more conventional formation after Carsley's experimental line-up without a main striker against the Greeks failed miserably.
He has faced scrutiny since the loss, his first since Gareth Southgate stood down as England manager after Euro 2024.
Sunday's win at the stadium that hosted the 1952 Olympics kept alive England's hopes of automatic promotion to League A of the Nations League after they were relegated last time out.
Rangnick impressed
Austria's Marko Arnautovic netted twice as they thrashed Norway 5-1 with the hosts keeping the usually prolific Erling Haaland quiet as the captain's defence collapsed around him in their Group B3 clash.
The result leaves Norway top on goal difference ahead of Austria and Slovenia, who beat bottom side Kazakhstan 1-0 away, with the trio level on seven points after four games.
Haaland, who became Norway's all-time top scorer with a double in a 3-0 home win over Slovenia on Thursday that took him to 34 international goals, hit the post after six minutes, but that was as close as he came to scoring in a one-sided game.
Captain Arnautovic said his side are playing like their true selves again after they followed up last week's 4-0 win over Kazakhstan by thrashing Norway.
"The games against Slovenia and Norway away weren't us," said Arnautovic, who was named player of the match. "We needed time to get back into it. The last two games are exactly us."
Manager Ralf Rangnick said he was impressed by how the team handled Norway's attack, which features prolific forward Erling Haaland.
"We were a bit lucky at the start when Haaland hit the post, but even then we controlled the game," he said.