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England v Colombia flashpoints: Gareth Southgate's side keep their cool to triumph

Gareth Southgate's side face Sweden on Saturday after victory in Moscow

Harry Kane tells the match official to keep an eye on shirt pulling
Image: Harry Kane tells the match official to keep an eye on shirt pulling

England booked their place in the World Cup quarter-finals after a clash with Colombia which saw several flashpoints.

Eric Dier was the penalty shootout hero after Jordan Pickford had kept out Carlos Bacca's spot-kick, and it was the final act of an energy-sapping contest at the Spartak Stadium in Moscow.

Harry Kane put England on course for victory after his 57th-minute penalty but Yerry Mina dramatically forced extra-time when he headed in from Juan Cuadrado's corner in the third minute of stoppage time.

But England prevailed and head to Samara to face Sweden on Saturday in confident mood after showing their mental strength in the face of their streetwise South American opponents.

American referee Mark Geiger had his hands full as we chart an eventful night in the Russian capital...

Jordan Henderson reacts following a headbutt ot the chest then chin from Wilmar Barrios
Image: England's last-16 clash with Colombia was littered with controversy and incident

7: Kane complains to the referee after tugging at the game's first corner as David Ospina gathers Ashley Young's delivery.

8: Geiger issues a warning after more tugging on Kane from another corner.

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12: Stones is penalised for shoving his marker over at a third England corner.

14: Yerry Mina piggybacks on Raheem Sterling to concede a free-kick.

Yerry Mina was a colossal for Colombia keeping Raheem Sterling well-shackled
Image: Yerry Mina kept Raheem Sterling well-shackled

28: More tugging in the box and the match official has a word with both captains as tempers begin to boil over.

34: Cuadrado runs into Harry Maguire as he shepherds the ball out - and the pair bump each other again as they return to their positions.

40: Wilmar Barrios throws his head into Jordan Henderson's chest and raises it into his chin as England prepare to take a free-kick. Henderson goes down but after Geiger refers to VAR, Barrios is only given a yellow card.

45: Sterling and Mina clash in the box, with both tugging each other. Mina goes down in a heap but the referee turns a blind eye to the theatrics.

Jordan Henderson reacts following a headbutt to the chest then chin from Wilmar Barrios
Image: Jordan Henderson reacts after a headbutt to the chest then chin from Wilmar Barrios

Half-time: As Sterling jogs towards the tunnel at the end of the first half, Colombian fitness coach Julio Urtasun steps across and nudges him with his shoulder. After a warning from the referee, Urtasun is seen smiling with a colleague.

54: Penalty to England. Carlos Sanchez grabs hold of Kane inside the box after a corner from Kieran Trippier. Colombia are furious as Sanchez is booked with Kane doing well to draw the foul with his movement.

It takes over three minutes to take the penalty as Colombia complain - and several players scuff up the penalty spot with Radamel Falcao and Jefferson Lerma among them.

Carlos Sanchez protests his innocence after conceding a penalty
Image: Carlos Sanchez protests his innocence after conceding a penalty

Henderson is booked for flicking his head back on Mina as Colombia look to delay the taking of the spot-kick.

59: John Stones and Falcao clash, and the Monaco striker is on the floor with Stones' boot under him. As the Manchester City pulls it free he catches Falcao on the head. Referee does not go to VAR to review the incident.

65: Colombia surround the referee accusing Maguire of diving in the box - but the England man was signalling it was not a penalty. Falcao is subsequently booked for dissent.

Radamel Falcao is booked for dissent after Harry Maguire tumbles in the box
Image: Radamel Falcao is booked for dissent after Harry Maguire tumbles in the box

66: Substitute Carlos Bacca is booked for taking out Stones with a poorly-timed challenge.

70: Lingard is booked for leaving a foot in on Carlos Sanchez, as the booking tally reaches seven.

78: Lingard races into the box on the counter attack. Davinson Sanchez dives in, does not get the ball and appears to clip Lingard's foot. He goes down, but nothing is given - and referee Geiger does not see the need to use VAR.

Jesse Lingard went down under a challenge from Davinson Sanchez in the dying embers
Image: Jesse Lingard falls under a challenge from Davinson Sanchez

106: Luis Muriel leaves a late one on Trippier, who does well to keep his cool during the more controlled period of extra-time.

117: Cuadrado is booked for a wild slide in on Danny Rose on the touchline to go into the book.

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