Croatia moved to the top of Group F at the FIFA World Cup with a come-from-behind 4-1 thrashing of Canada on Sunday evening.
A solitary change from Croatia saw Marko Livaja restored in place if Nikola Vlasic, while the Canadians made a single alteration as Cyle Larin started following their opening loss to Belgium
The Croats were stunned after 69 seconds when a cross from the right found Alphonso Davies, who headed home for his nation's first ever World Cup goal.
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Croatia had the ball in the back of the net after 30 minutes through Andrej Kramaric's neat finish, but celebrations were cut short due to an offside.
Croatia ultimately evened up the contest eight minutes ahead of halftime where Kramaric beat the offside trap and drilled Ivan Perisic's reverse pass in the far corner.
That strike from Kramaric proved telling as the Croats went in front a minute to the interval after Livaja collected a stray pass outside the area and drilled into the bottom-corner.
Canada made a double substitution in Jonathan Osorio for Larin before Ismael Kone slotted in the field of play for a certain Stephen Eustaquio.
Kramaric pushed for his second goal minutes into the second period and almost had it with a first-time shot around the area following a pass by Luka Modric, but it was beaten away.
Zlatko Dalic's men made the contest safe as Kramaric dropped out wide and brought a cross-field ball from Perisic in his stride to find the far side of the net.
Croatia nabbed a fourth goal in added time when a counter-attack involving Mislav Orsic released Lovro Majer, who slotted in the top corner and capped off a fine display and eliminated Canada.
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