England Beat Colombia On Penalties, Qualify To Quarter-Finals

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England are through to the World Cup 2018 quarter-finals after a penalty shootout victory over Colombia in Moscow.

Eric Dier hit the winning spot kick as the Three Lions booked their place in the last eight in the most dramatic fashion possible advancing 4-3 after a tense extra-time period.

Harry Kane’s second-half penalty had Gareth Southgate’s side all but there but Yerry Mina’s last-gasp header denied them at the death.

Jordan Henderson missed from the spot but Carlos Bacca and Mateus Uribe’s misses handed Dier the chance to win it which he duly did, slotting past David Ospina to spark jubilant scenes.

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