England have put an end to their penalty shoot-out curse, beating Colombia 4-3 to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. Eric Dier put away the final spot kick to secure victory, having been given the opportunity to put the Three Lions into the quarter-finals after Jordan Pickford saved a shot from Carlos Bacca. Jordan Henderson was the first not to score thanks to a fine David Ospina save, fuelling fears of yet more penalties heartache for England - but then Mateus Uribe clattered the next spot kick off the underside of the crossbar. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player England fans celebrate after penalties win Kieran Trippier stepped up to draw England level, before the one-handed save from Pickford and firm finish from Dier sent England through to a last-eight clash with Sweden on Saturday. It sent fans and players alike into raptures - with millions of supporters celebrating having watched nervously in living rooms, pubs and at public screenings across the country. Advertisement Image: Could it be coming home? It's certainly closer... The drama seemed to prove too much for defender Kyle Walker, who posted a picture on Twitter of himself stretching out on the turf as his teammates ran towards Dier and Pickford at the end of the shoot-out. England certainly put their fans through the wringer, having been moments away from victory when Yerry Mina headed home from a corner in the third minute of injury time at the end of the second half to cancel out Harry Kane's opener. Dad, can you show me that photo of you guys running after reaching the quarter final? -“Nah son pic.twitter.com/WbY5StQRLQ — Kyle Walker (@kylewalker2) July 3, 2018 The set piece arrived after Pickford - who was criticised for his performance in the final group stage game against Belgium - was forced into a stunning fingertip save by a 30-yard piledriver from substitute Uribe. It was the first real test of the night for the England goalkeeper, who had been a relative bystander for the majority of what was a feisty affair in Moscow. Image: Where were you when England won their first World Cup shootout? Henderson, Harry Maguire and Raheem Sterling were all involved in clashes, and it was a spot of rough and tumble that looked like it would cost the South Americans until the injury-time drama. In scenes reminiscent of both England penalties against Panama nine days ago, Kane grappled with Carlos Sanchez during a set piece in the 57th minute and the referee showed no hesitation in pointing to the spot. The skipper beat Arsenal goalkeeper Ospina from the spot - his sixth strike of the tournament. Image: England's Jordan Pickford stops Mateus Uribe's penalty It took Kane two clear of Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku and Cristiano Ronaldo in the goal-scoring charts. But England failed to build on taking the lead and looked a shadow of the side that played so well against Tunisia and Panama once extra time began. Colombia looked brighter for much of the additional half hour, but Danny Rose went close with a fine effort before the clearest England chance of the night fell to Dier with five minutes left. Image: Harry Kane scores England's first penalty The midfielder - who replaced Tottenham Hotspur teammate Dele Alli in the 81st minute - missed a free header from less than 12 yards out after an out-swinging corner from the right. Alli had struggled before going off on his return to the side and failed to make much of an effort going forward for much of normal time. Raheem Sterling looked the most likely to get the travelling England fans off their seats in the opening stages, but the first half was a mostly cagey affair between two sides who knew a route to the final had opened up following the surprise elimination of Spain at the hands of hosts Russia. Image: Colombia equalised in injury time Kane - rested against Belgium - had the first real effort on goal, connecting with a deep cross from Trippier and looping a header just over the bar from a tight angle. There was no immediate response from Colombia, who pressed England from the front but struggled to open up a back three that had at times looked shaky against Tunisia and Panama. Without the craft of the injured James Rodriguez - the star of the last World Cup in Brazil - they found it difficult to get the ball to striker Falcao in goal-scoring positions. Image: Marcus Rashford scores England's second penalty There was a moment of controversy before the referee signalled for half-time, when Wilmar Barrios appeared to headbutt Henderson in the chin as the two jostled while Trippier prepared to take a free-kick. It seemed as though the incident had been referred to the video assistants, but the referee decided to dish out a yellow card instead. Had Colombia gone on to win, England boss Gareth Southgate may well have felt aggrieved by the call. His side grew weary as the match wore on and the extra man could have proved decisive. Image: Jordan Pickford celebrates after becoming the hero of England's victory over Colombia But despite a rotten history in shoot-outs, those who stepped up looked confident when the time came. Kane, Dier and Trippier were joined by substitute strikers Marcus Rashford in hammering home with aplomb, helping secure England their first World Cup penalty shoot-out victory. They had lost all of their previous three - against West Germany in 1990, Argentina in 1998, and Portugal in 2006. Image: Colombia's goalkeeper David Ospina (left) celebrates after Jordan Henderson's missed penalty Southgate - who famously missed the penalty that saw England eliminated from Euro 96 - will now lead his side into a quarter-final against Sweden at 3pm UK time on Saturday. It will be the third time the two sides have met in the last five World Cups. They went head-to-head in the group stages of the 2002 and 2006 tournaments, with the tightly fought matches ending up 1-1 and 2-2 respectively. Image: Gareth Southgate celebrates England's historic shoot-out win<doc-sep>So this is a new England after all Gareth Southgate has been preaching it for months, and some of the slick approach play delivered in Russia had reinforced his argument, but this was evidence England have changed. All those psychometric tests at St George’s Park and drills on the training ground in Repino have paid dividends. England did not wilt in a penalty shootout and, as a result, neither did they exit the tournament in the first knockout stage. Instead, for the first time in 12 years, a knockout tie has been negotiated, with passage booked to a quarter-final against Sweden in Samara on Saturday. That game will provide a very different type of test but, whatever happens, this campaign now feels properly progressive. The doubting of Pickford can stop Thibaut Courtois’s criticisms after the group game defeat by Belgium that Jordan Pickford was too short stung England’s young goalkeeper but this was quite a way to respond. His save deep into stoppage time from Mateus Uribe’s volley was outstanding and deserved better than a concession from the corner. Yet the 24-year-old reserved his best for the shootout. His block with his left hand from Carlos Bacca took the breath away. The psychological effect that save will have on England cannot be overstated but it will pep the goalkeeper’s self-belief most of all. Pickford will suddenly feel 10ft tall. Geiger had no chance of keeping control … This match always had the potential to be fractious with scrutiny falling on the referee, Mark Geiger, sooner rather than later. The former maths teacher has endured difficult moments – he is still reviled in Panama for his display in a Gold Cup semi-final three years ago – and there were times when it threatened to veer out of his control. Not that he was necessarily culpable. Any referee would have struggled. The red mist descended on Colombia’s players once Carlos Sánchez had been penalised for rugby tackling Harry Kane to concede the penalty. A backlash to Geiger’s performance will presumably follow but the American was pushed to the limit. At the end he looked relieved it was over. … but England wouldn’t be provoked England deserve credit for retaining their calm for as long as they did. They were convinced they should have been competing against 10 men from just before the interval when, while it was far from clear to those in the stadium, Geiger had apparently asked the VAR to consider Wilmar Barrios’s deliberate flick of his head into Jordan Henderson’s chest and then chin. He deemed that offence a yellow card. Mark Clattenburg, working as a pundit, suggested that should have been a red for violent conduct. Yet while they accrued a pair of cautions of their own, England were never rattled by the provocation. It was the late corner that prompted panic and will have unnerved Southgate as 93 minutes of toil were undermined by one excellent delivery. Barcelona have a bargain in Mina Yerry Mina had been a colossus, even before taking the limelight with his stoppage-time equaliser. The man-mountain at the heart of the Colombia defence is still finding his feet in La Liga but at around £10m Barcelona appear to have pulled off a coup in securing him from Palmeiras. The 23-year-old has the skill in possession to fit in at Barça but it was his height and power that punished England in Moscow. At 6ft 5in, he dwarfed the not inconsiderable Davinson Sánchez at his side, repelling so many of the set pieces that had helped propel England this far. Mina dominated, as Harry Maguire discovered to his cost in the 93rd minute. No wonder Barça have set his buy-out clause at €100m.<doc-sep>“Football’s coming home” blared over the speakers at Moscow’s Spartak stadium and ecstatic coach Gareth Southgate jumped into the arms of his support staff after England won a knockout game at a major tournament for the first time since 2006, defeating Colombia 4-3 on penalties after the teams were tied 1-1 after extra time. For all the talk about games of darts at their Russian training base and a sense of togetherness between players from different clubs, the strongest piece of evidence yet that English football has changed came with victory in a penalty shootout. A brilliant save by goalkeeper Jordan Pickford and a decisive penalty by substitute Eric Dier sent England through to a World Cup quarter final against Sweden in Samara on Saturday. England had faced penalty shootouts three times at a World Cup before, in 1990, 1998 and 2006, and lost them all. History was against them when, after 120 minutes of play, they found themselves in that all too familiar position of having to decide who would step up to the spot. Southgate had an even tougher task to rouse the troops because they came within seconds of winning the game in normal time, only to concede a goal in the 93rd minute with Colombia’s final attack of the match. “I am so pleased for everybody involved,” Southgate said. “We deserved to win and played really well in a big game under pressure. It couldn’t have been a crueller blow on the final whistle. “Shootouts are tough. We had talked long and hard about owning the process of a shootout. They kept calm. The players have taken it all on board; it’s a special moment for us.” A Colombia fan is consoled following their side’s defeat in Moscow. Photograph: Matthias Hangst/Getty Images After he had delivered broadcast interviews, Southgate returned to the pitch to applaud England’s 5,000 travelling supporters, who have been heavily outnumbered at every stage of their World Cup journey so far. The 47-year-old has his own personal connection with penalty shootouts, having missed a decisive one against Germany at Wembley which sent England crashing out of Euro 1996. Until Tuesday night, England had won only one penalty shootout in seven attempts. But at their training base in Repino on the Gulf of Finland and back home at St George’s Park, the squad has paid a great deal of attention to the art, even employing psychologist Pippa Grange to prepare the players. Her work on the mental side of the game seemed to pay off as England regained their composure after the hammer blow of Colombia’s late equaliser cancelling out a Harry Kane penalty. In the shootout, England’s Jordan Henderson was the first to miss, but then Colombia missed two in a row – Mateus Uribe hit the bar and Pickford saved from Carlos Bacca – before Dier delivered the decisive penalty. The red and white clad Spartak stadium, 15km outside central Moscow, resembled downtown Bogotá an hour before the match. In front of a 24 metre tall statue of gladiator Spartacus, a middle aged couple were joined in their salsa dancing by an elderly man wearing a Colombia tricolour poncho. It was the most intimidating atmosphere England have experienced so far this World Cup, the players being jeered as they entered the pitch for the warm-up. The vibrant Colombia fans belted out their national anthem and bounced in unison, swinging scarves above their heads. Colombia’s Wílmar Barrios was fortunate not to be sent off in the first half after slow motion replays appeared to show him headbutting England midfielder Jordan Henderson as a fracas erupted around the awarding a free kick. The penalty which led to England’s breakthrough was awarded in the 52nd minute as midfielder Carlos Sánchez, who had been lucky to escape punishment for previous incidents, wrestled the England skipper to the ground. It was a full four minutes before Kane was able to step up to the spot as the South American players harangued the American referee Mark Geiger. Colombia’s James Rodriguez, centre, celebrates from the stands after Yerry Mina scored the equaliser. Photograph: Joe Danborn/AP Amid frayed tempers and the heat of the occasion, Kane kept a cool head, directing his penalty high and into the centre of the net. The stadium shook in the third minute of stoppage time as defender Yerry Mina rose above the crowd and directed a powerful header off the ground and past Pickford. The Colombia bench celebrated as if they had won the match outright, the water carrier bursting into tears. 01:05 England's historic World Cup penalty shootout win triggers wild celebrations – video There was earsplitting noise from 30,000 Colombia fans who thought they were heading home and briefly had hope again as Pickford punched the goalpost in frustration and supporters in the second tier of the stadium climbed atop each other’s shoulders. They might have been outnumbered in the stadium but earlier in the day, at Bistro restaurant on one of Moscow’s main shopping streets, England’s modest following made their presence felt. Fans from Reading, Morecambe and Stockport hung St George’s flags on the wall and recited the full back catalogue of fan anthems, from Vindaloo to Three Lions and World In Motion. They drank and chanted, increasing the volume as a group of colourfully dressed Colombians passed by. For them, and for England, the party goes on.<doc-sep>Last updated on .From the section World Cup 2018 Fifa World Cup quarter-final: Sweden v England Venue: Samara Arena, Samara Date: Saturday 7 July, 15:00 BST Coverage: Live on BBC One and Online; full radio commentary on BBC Radio 5 live and text commentary and in-play clips online and in BBC Sport app England's players will not be "bowed by the pressure of the past", said manager Gareth Southgate after they beat Colombia on penalties to set up a World Cup quarter-final against Sweden. It was their first shootout victory in a World Cup after defeats in 1990, 1998 and 2006. Eric Dier scored the winning spot-kick after Jordan Pickford saved Carlos Bacca's effort in Moscow. "Today was a special night for every Englishman," Southgate told BBC Sport. "The fans that were here were outnumbered but I'm delighted for them and everyone at home. "We're trying to write our own history, and I've talked to the players about that. They write their own stories. We don't have to be bowed by the pressure of the past. "This was special but I want us to go on. I don't want to go home yet." 'We deserved it' Southgate and England players react to shootout win Before the game, England had won only two World Cup knockout matches since 1990 and looked to be making it three when captain Harry Kane gave them the lead from the penalty spot. But in the third minute of stoppage time at the Spartak Stadium, Colombia defender Yerry Mina headed home to take the game into extra time and then to penalties. Jordan Henderson's effort was saved by David Ospina, but Colombia's Mateus Uribe hit the crossbar before Pickford dived to his right to deny Bacca with his left hand. England will play Sweden, who beat Switzerland 1-0 earlier on Tuesday, at 15:00 BST in Samara on Saturday, live across the BBC. "Fantastic," said Southgate. "We deserved it as well. We played so well in the 90 minutes. "We showed resilience to come back from huge disappointment and kept calm. It's huge credit to all our players and staff. "Shootouts are tough. We had talked long and hard about owning the process of a shootout. They kept calm. The players have taken it all on board. It's a special moment for us. "We looked at technique, how we needed to be as a team, the goalkeeper's role. "But now I'm thinking about Sweden. They are another team we have a poor record against. We have underestimated them for years." 'Players fall in the box - it's hurtful' In a tempestuous game, six Colombia players were shown yellow cards, including Wilmar Barrios for what looked like a headbutt in the Colombia penalty area on midfielder Henderson. Colombia players also surrounded referee Mark Geiger for about three minutes after he awarded a penalty for Carlos Sanchez's foul on Kane. Colombia manager Jose Pekerman said: "People in England or others should not think of Colombia players like this. It's a very competitive game. "England have a great weapon in the air. Players fall in the box. They collide and fall. It's hurtful. You have to try and stand in the shoes of the players. They are subject to situations which shouldn't be present in football. "These interruptions are bad. It's OK, but when there are so many fouls and interruptions that's not good. We have to find the right balance so both teams can play with the same intentions. "We should not only look to Colombia but also England's players. In the next match England will be more careful. Today we were on the receiving end of this. It's been so obvious, too obvious." Southgate said: "We didn't rise to it in general, which was brilliant. A couple of times we lost our cool. "It looked like our fans were outnumbered five to one. It was an away game. To deal with it all was exceptional. "There were many, many fouls in the game and I do not think we committed anywhere near the number they did. "We kept our composure in a really difficult environment." 'We stepped up when it mattered' England won their first World Cup shootout in four attempts Kane leads the race for the Golden Boot as the topscorer in the tournament, having netted six goals in three games - two more than Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku. "We played well, we controlled the game and it hits you hard when something like that happens," Kane said of Mina's equaliser. "But it shows what we're made of. We had to go again in extra time and then the penalty shootout. "It's been terrible for us over the years - of course we know that - and to step up when it mattered and do what we did, I'm so proud of everyone involved." Kane and Marcus Rashford scored from the spot for England before Henderson missed, but Kieran Trippier levelled and Dier sealed victory by beating Ospina low to his right. "We're a young squad but we learnt a lot out there today and we would have grown up a lot too," said Kane. "We're in a great position and that could be a big moment going forward in the tournament. "We stepped up when it mattered. We've just got to settle down and go again on the weekend." 'I was in a massive whirlwind' England have won two and lost six penalty shootouts in major tournaments Pickford made a stunning save - diving high to his left - to deny Uribe in stoppage time, but the resulting corner led to Colombia's goal. The Everton keeper was questioned for conceding Adnan Januzaj's strike in the defeat by Belgium in the final group game. Pickford, 24, said: "I was in a massive whirlwind but I saved it with my left hand. "I've been criticised for going with my top hand, but as long as you save it that's all that counts. "I might be young but I've got good mental strength and experience and I used that today. "It's a great night to win a penalty shootout.<doc-sep>
Finally, at 11.52pm local time, the last kick of an epic night. Eric Dier, England’s fifth penalty-taker was setting off on his victory run, soon to be submerged by his teammates. Gareth Southgate had forgotten, yet again, he was supposed to be nursing a dislocated shoulder and here was the hard proof that England, contrary to the impression they might have given for much of the previous 30 years, did know how to win a penalty shootout, after all. It was a euphoric and nerve-shredding finale and these are the moments, surely, when England’s followers could be forgiven for daring to dream that something special is building, something exhilarating and rare. Yes, it would be dangerous to get too carried away but right here, right now, to hell with anyone who insists it is time for restraint. England have arrived in the quarter-finals and the World Cup is suddenly filled with all sorts of new possibilities. This was their first knockout victory in a World Cup for 12 years. It was only their seventh, in any major tournament, since 1966, and now they face Sweden on Saturday for the right to play Russia or Croatia in the semi-finals. 01:05 England's historic World Cup penalty shootout win triggers wild celebrations – video Southgate had told us he wanted England’s penalty-takers to “own the process” and they did just that, eventually. It was a close-run thing but Jordan Henderson’s miss – or, rather, David Ospina’s save – mattered little in the end because of Mateus Uribe hitting the crossbar with Colombia’s fourth effort and Jordan Pickford saving the next one from Carlos Bacca, ensuring Moscow 2018, will be remembered much more happily than Turin 1990, Saint-Etienne 1998, and Gelsenkirchen 2006, and not forgetting the European Championships at Wembley 1996; Lisbon 2004 and Kiev 2012. An hour after the match, England’s supporters were still partying at one end of the stadium. They did not want to leave and who could blame them when, after three penalties each, England were one down and staring at another harrowing story of deja vu? Dier joined Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford and Kieran Trippier in showing why all that practising of penalties on the training ground was necessary. Kane had also scored from 12 yards to give England the lead shortly before the hour and it was not until the third minute of stoppage time that Colombia prolonged the match by concocting the equalising goal. Another team might have wilted after such an agonisingly late equaliser. That, however, was one of the more impressive parts of England’s performance. Dier might have won the match with a free header in the second period of extra time. Danny Rose, another of England’s substitutes, had a golden chance and in the extra 30 minutes there was hardly a single moment when it felt as though Southgate’s players might go under. This was only England’s second shootout victory in eight attempts at major tournaments, the other coming against Spain in Euro 96, and in the process they answered so many questions about their nerve and temperament for the big occasion. Ever since he took the job Southgate has been asked whether his team could cope when the heat of the battle was dangerously close to intolerable. We know now that, yes, they do. Yet the shootout was only part of the story against tough, obdurate opponents – “animals” according to Chris Waddle in his radio commentary – on a night when Colombia’s supporters had filled this stadium in swathes of bright yellow, bouncing and swaying like human blancmange and creating a raucous din. They bellowed the words of their national anthem – Oh gloria inmarcesible – and outnumbered their English counterparts in a way that is rarely seen. Yet just consider, for example, Kane’s competitive courage when he had his first penalty and Colombia’s players, to put it bluntly, lost the plot about the decision to penalise Carlos Sánchez for grappling him to the floor at a corner. The protests were so chaotic Kane’s penalty was delayed by almost four minutes. What nerve the captain showed to improve his position at the top of the Golden Boot scoring chart – his sixth goal and his third penalty. Fiver Colombia might have been missing the injured James Rodríguez but they still occupied a superior rung of the football ladder to Tunisia or Panama or the scratch Belgium XI who England encountered in the group stages. But Southgate’s team were never cowed.