England stars Kane and Rashford look relaxed in training for Senegal - in pictures

Gareth Southgate confident Three Lions will cope with penalty shootout if needed to make quarter-finals

Harry Kane and Jack Grealish during an England training session on December 3 at Al Wakrah Sports Complex ahead of the World Cup Round of 16 clash with Senegal. Getty

England's Trent Alexander-Arnold takes part the training session at Al Wakrah Sports Complex. AP

Kieran Trippier and Eric Dier during England training. Getty

Jordan Henderson on the ball in the training session. Getty

John Stones during England training. Getty

Harry Kane during England training. Getty

Marcus Rashford during training. Reuters

Harry Kane during England training. Getty

Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford during the England training at Al Wakrah Stadium. Getty

Conor Coady and Jack Grealish during England training. Getty

Harry Maguire and Jude Bellingham during England training. Getty

England's Phil Foden during training. Reuters

England's Harry Kane looking relaxed. Reuters

England's Bukayo Saka. PA

Kalvin Phillips during the training session in Qatar. PA

England manager Gareth Southgate speaks to the players. PA

Callum Wilson during England training. PA

England's Trent Alexander-Arnold and Harry Kane. Reuters

Mason Mount and Conor Gallagher during training. Reuters

England's Kyle Walker takes a breather. Reuters

Harry Kane takes part in the training session. AFP

Kyle Walker, Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice. AFP

Conor Coady, John Stones and Kyle Walker. AFP

England's Harry Kane and Mason Mount during training. Reuters

Phil Foden is watched by teammate Bukayo Saka. EPA

Jack Grealish of England. EPA

England's Jordan Pickford during training. Reuters

Eric Dier and Kieran Trippier. Getty

England manager Gareth Southgate during training. Reuters

England's Jordan Henderson and teammates during training. Reuters

England's Phil Foden during training. Reuters

Gareth Southgate believes England are “mentally and physically” ready for another penalty shootout if Sunday’s World Cup last-16 clash against Senegal goes down to sudden death.

The Three Lions' spot-kick issues are well known, with all three World Cup shootouts ending in defeat before beating Colombia in the last 16 four years ago in Russia.

England followed that by winning bronze on spot-kicks at the Nations League against Switzerland in 2019, only for penalties to prove their undoing in last year’s European Championship final against Italy.

Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford and Bukayo Saka failed with their attempts in a crushing loss that Southgate is confident they have learned from ahead of the World Cup knockout phase getting under way in Qatar.

“Well, like every other aspect of our game, we’re prepared and we’ve had a process that we’ve followed,” said the England boss after overseeing a final training session ahead of the Senegal clash.

“We’ve had three shoot-outs, we’ve won two, so inevitably the one that you don’t get over the line you reflect and you think about how you can improve those processes.

“We’ve done that over the last few months, in particular, but of course, there is so many other aspects to the game that we’ve got to get right.

“We’re aiming to win the game and to avoid extra time if you can, and to avoid penalties if you can, because you’d like to get a victory in 90 minutes.

“But if we need to go 120 minutes, if we need to go beyond that, then we’ve got to be ready for that mentally and physically. And I believe we are.”

Images of the England squad looking relaxed in training can be seen in the gallery above. To view the next picture, just swipe.