SPORTS UPDATE

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Colombia 1-1 England AET (England win 4-3 on penalties): Eric Dier's winning penalty in shootout sends Three Lions through to quarter-finals after Yerry Mina's dramatic late equaliser cancelled out Harry Kane's spot-kick and sent match to extra time

• Wilmar Barrios was fortunate to escape with a booking after putting his head into Jordan Henderson's chin
  
  
• England were awarded a penalty eight minutes into the second half when Carlos Sanchez fouled Harry Kane
  
  
• Kane made no mistake as he rifled home past David Ospina to give his country a 1-0 lead in Moscow 
  
  
• Yerry Mina equalised in the third minute of injury time with a towering header to send the game to extra time
  
  
• Substitute Danny Rose went close in the second half of extra time but his effort went just past Ospina's post
  
  
• Eric Dier scored the winning penalty in the shootout after Jordan Pickford saved Carlos Bacca's spot-kick
  
  
• Earlier Jordan Henderson had seen his penalty saved by Ospina before Mateus Uribe hit the crossbar
  
  
• [b]AS IT HAPPENED: Sportsmail's ANTHONY HAY covered all Tuesday evening's action from Spartak Stadium live[/b]
  
  
• [b]PLAYER RATINGS: Pickford the hero with his penalty stop and Kane led the line superbly for the Three Lions[url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-5913123/World-Cup-2018-Colombia-vs-England-LIVE-score-updates-Moscow.html][/url][/b]
  
  

When it came down to that last one, when England were one penalty kick away from a World Cup quarter-final, we peered, a nation anxious to see who would step forward from the pack.
Jamie Vardy, who takes them for Leicester, was unused. Jesse Lingard had apparently been banging them in during practice. Walking towards the end lousy and noisy with yellow shirts …Eric Dier.
Dier, a defensive midfielder or centre-half, fifth at best in the penalty ranks at his club, Tottenham. Dier, ordinary against Belgium in his only start of the tournament. Dier, who had a pass completion rate of less than 25 per cent in his first 24 minutes on the field here. 



Eric Dier (centre) is mobbed by his team-mates after his winning penalty in the shootout clinched victory over Colombia




England players rush over to celebrate with Dier after the midfielder fired the Three Lions into the World Cup quarter-finals



Jordan Pickford dives to save Carlos Bacca's penalty in the shootout, a stop which gave Dier the chance to win it from the spot


Earlier Yerry Mina was ecstatic after his towering header in the third minute of injury time sent the last-16 match to extra time



Harry Kane roars with delight after firing England in front from the penalty spot 12 minutes into the second half in Moscow



MATCH DETAILS
Colombia (4-3-2-1): Ospina; Arias (Zapata 115), Davinson Sanchez, Mina, Mojica; Barrios, Carlos Sanchez, Lerma (Bacca 61); Juan Cuadrado, Quintero (Muriel 87); Falcao 
Subs not used: Murillo, Aguilar, Vargas, Uribe, Diaz, Izquierdo, Jose Cuadrado 
Goals: Mina 90 
Booked: Barrios, Arias, Carlos Sanchez, Falcao, Bacca. Juan Cuadrado
Manager: Jose Pekerman 
England (3-5-2): Pickford; Walker (Rashford 112), Stones, Maguire; Trippier, Henderson, Lingard, Alli (Dier 80), Young (Rose 102); Sterling (Vardy 87), Kane 
Goal: Kane 57 (pen) 
Booked: Henderson, Lingard 
Subs not used: Butland, Welbeck, Cahill, Jones, Loftus-Cheek, Alexander-Arnold, Pope
Manager: Gareth Southgate 
Attendance: 44,190 
 


Dier? Anchor man penalty taker? Dier? Have we taken leave of our senses? Apparently not. Gareth Southgate, more than any England manager, knows the agony of the shoot-out. That was one of the reasons he had his squad going through the routine, day after day, in training. With hindsight, why did we ever doubt?
If Dier was the man to hold his nerve, there must be reason, some numbers, some profiling to back that up. Now let’s be truthful. It wasn’t the cleanest. A bit scuffed and Ospina got a hand to it. But not enough. 
There it was, in the net. There England were: in the quarter-finals. And all down to penalties. Not just the shoot-out, but the one Harry Kane scored that should have put England through in normal time. The penalty that took what seemed like forever.
Southgate is coming off like Yoda at this World Cup. Even when he loses, he wins. And when Dier nailed that winning penalty, he became the only England manager ever to emerge victorious from a shoot-out at a World Cup. Considering his back story, this was redemption. 
Three penalty finales, three defeats: that had been England’s story until now. From here, whatever this competition holds for this young side, there will be the belief they can cope. Even if it goes to penalties; especially if it goes to penalties. The Germans went home at the group stage, and England have started winning shoot-outs. From here, pretty much anything can happen. 



Santiago Arias attempts to hold off Kane as the pair tussle during the early stages of England's last-16 clash against Colombia



Raheem Sterling attempts to shield the ball away from Colombia's gigantic centre back Mina in a battle for possession



Mina slides in to dispossess Sterling down the left flank but conceded a free-kick during the opening period in Moscow




David Ospina was forced to punch clear from a corner as England applied some early pressure to their opponents in Moscow



Kane got his head to a deep cross on the stretch but could only nod just over and into the roof of the Colombia net


England centre back Harry Maguire wins an aerial challenge over Colombia winger Juan Cuadrado at the Spartak Stadium




Carlos Sanchez (L) and Jefferson Lerma ® argue with England's (L-R) Jordan Henderson, Kane, Maguire and John Stones
SUPER STAT 
14 - Harry Kane has now scored 14 goals in the 10 matches he has played under Gareth Southgate. 
He has scored in all eight matches as England captain, finding the net 12 times in those games
 


This is a moment in time; a moment when the cards are falling England’s way. Sweden are a well-organised team that defeated Italy in a play-off, then battled their way out of Germany’s group and through a knock-out game with Switzerland. So respect is due. 
Yet, it cannot be forgotten that at the quarter-final stage it was envisaged England might meet one of either Brazil or Germany and would then go home – if they even got that far. A match-up with Sweden for a place in the last four? Come on, an opportunity like this may never open again. At worst, England have a puncher’s chance; at best – well, better not to even go there.
When Jordan Henderson’s third penalty of the shoot-out was saved by Ospina, it looked as if Southgate’s group were about to embark on a familiar path, the nation the same. More torture; more heartbreak; more wry songs making light of pain and hurt, to mask how we really feel.