England's Harry Kane continued his scorching form with a pair of goals, the second of which came from a penalty after a Video Assistant Referees went against France for a second time.
He confirmed referee Davide Massa's original decision to award the spot-kick, resulting in the sending off of Varane, much to the disgust of the France players and the home crowd.
Burnley goalkeeper Heaton was preferred in goal to under-fire Joe Hart and he underlined his credentials with a fine stop to deny Kylian Mbappe, but he was beaten again two minutes before the interval.
Kane, who scored the last-gasp equalizer in Saturday's World Cup qualifying draw vs. Scotland, converted, bringing England level at 2-2.
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And although no tea-cups were thrown in the dressing room after the game, Southgate made no bones about the mountain England have to climb.
"I was at the match and that was a very special occasion", Southgate said.
Dembele's mazy dribble, turning defender John Stones inside out, led to the second goal.
When attention turned to football, those in attendance bore witness to a superb team goal inside just nine minutes as England clicked in style. France were rattled briefly but soon took advantage of their opponents' lack of ruthlessness, which will need to be rectified by Southgate if they are to have any hope of success in Russian Federation next year.
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Then, the players linked arms and posed for a photo before moving to the center circle to stand for an impeccably observed minute of silence in honor of the victims.
Some may question whether Heaton could have pushed the efforts into safer territory, but his luck was out as England's defence neither shielded him nor reacted quickly enough in either situation.
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It was tricky and seemed harsh, but it was less significant because we won the game 3-2.
47' - The ref consults the video ref and sends Varane off!
"It was a bit tricky with the penalty and the red card".
· England conceded three goals in an global for the first time since November 2012 (4-2 defeat by Sweden). Some 2,321 England supporters had tickets to the game.
England actually started pretty well, crafting a attractive goal for Harry Kane on nine minutes.
He has scored in consecutive England games for the first time since September 2015 against San Marino and Switzerland. The left-back sent in a low cross to the far post for Kane to finish a superb team move - a delicious opener France quickly attempted to cancel out.
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