England break shootout curse to book Sweden quarter-final clash

Eric Dier scored the decisive spot-kick as England won a FIFA World Cup penalty shootout for the first time, edging past Colombia 4-3 after the match finished 1-1 after 120 minutes to set up a quarter-final against Sweden.

Colombia v England: Round of 16 - 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia

FIFA World Cup Russia Colombia and England at Spartak Stadium on July 3, 2018 in Moscow, Russia. Source: Getty Images Europe

Harry Kane's sixth goal of the 2018 FIFA World Cup appeared enough to secure England's first knockout win at a major tournament in 12 years, the Three Lions captain scoring from the spot after he was fouled by Carlos Sanchez.

But Colombia took the last-16 tie into extra-time with a dramatic equaliser in the 93rd minute in Moscow on Tuesday, Yerry Mina climbing highest in the box to score a head in Juan Cuadrado's corner.

In the shoot-out, David Ospina plunged to his left to keep out Jordan Henderson's poor penalty and give Colombia the advantage, but Mateus Uribe struck the crossbar and Jordan Pickford denied Carlos Bacca brilliantly to give Dier the chance to win it for the Three Lions.

And the substitute kept his nerve, Dier drilling home his spot-kick even though Ospina dived the right way, with England now set to take on Sweden on Saturday in Samara.

The South Americans were without James Rodriguez due to injury and could have had Wilmar Barrios sent off in the first half when he appeared to aim a headbutt into Henderson's chest and chin.

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