England joy after World Cup penalty shoot-out win over Colombia - in pictures

Harry Kane scores England's first goal form the penalty spot, to give them a 1-0 lead. Ryan Pierse / Getty Images

Harry Kane celebrates the opening goal - his sixth of the tournament. Dan Mullan / Getty Images

England's Jordan Henderson reacts after Colombia's Wilmar Barrios headbutted him. Matthias Hangst / Getty Images

England's Jordan Pickford makes a spectacular save in injury time to deny Colombia's Mateus Uribe. John Sibley / Reuters

Colombia's Yerry Mina heads in the equalising goal in the 93rd minute of the match - sending it into extra time. Antonio Calanni / AP Photo

Colombia's Yerry Mina celebrates his last gasp equaliser. Clive Rose / Getty Images

The Penalty shoot out begins - England's Harry Kane scores to make it 1-1. Ryan Pierse / Getty Images

Englan'ds Marcus Rashford fires his penalty in to even it up at 2-2. Clive Rose / Getty Images

England's Jordan Henderson sees his penalty saved by Colombia's David Ospina - putting Colombia into a 3-2 lead in the shoot out. Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters

Colombia's Mateus Uribe's penalty strikes the crossbar - giving England a lifeline. Yuri Kochetkov / EPA

England's Kieran Trippier keeps a cool head and levels the shootout at 3-3. Alex Morton / Getty Images

England's Jordan Pickford saves Colombia's Carlos Bacca's penalty, giving England the chance to win it with their next penalty. Alberto Estevez / EPA

England's Jordan Pickford celebrates the crucial save. Dan Mullan / Getty Images

England's Eric Dier scores the winning penalty. Ryan Pierse / Getty Images

England's Eric Dier celebrates his winning penalty. Maxim Shemetov / Reuters

England players sprint towards Eric Dier to celebrate the victory. Laurence Griffiths / Getty Images

England celebrate their win - it is the first time in history that England have been successful in a World Cup penalty shoot out. Victor R. Caivano / AP Photo

England's Harry Kane takes a selfie with fans after the win. England will now face Sweden in the World Cup quarter final. Facundo Arrizabalaga / EPA

England beat Colombia 4-3 on penalties on Tuesday after Eric Dier scored the decisive spot kick to send them through to a World Cup quarter-final against Sweden on Saturday.

Gareth Southgate's side won a World Cup shoot-out for the first time in their country's history, and he was thrilled with how his players had stayed focused.

"We had talked long and hard about owning the process of a shootout," he told ITV. "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. A special moment but now I'm thinking about Sweden."

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