England have put an end to their penalty shootout curse, beating Colombia 4-3 to reach the World Cup quarter-finals.

Eric Dier put away the final spot kick to secure victory, having been given the opportunity to put the Three Lions into the quarter-final after Jordan Pickford saved from Carlos Bacca.

Jordan Henderson was the first not to score thanks to a fine David Ospina save, fuelling fears of yet more shootout heartache for England, but Mateus Uribe clattered the next spot kick off the underside of the crossbar.

Kevin Tripper stepped up to draw England level, before the one-handed save from Pickford and firm finish from Dier sent England through to a last eight clash with Sweden on Saturday.

England certainly put their fans through the wringer, having been moments away from victory when Yerry Mina headed home from a corner in the third minute of injury time at the end of the second half to cancel out Harry Kane’s opener.

The set piece arrived after Pickford – who was criticised for his performance in the final group stage game against Belgium – was forced into a stunning fingertip save by a 30-yard piledriver from substitute Uribe.

It was the first real test of the night for the England goalkeeper, who had been a relative bystander for the majority of what was a feisty affair in Moscow.

Henderson, Harry Maguire and Raheem Sterling were all involved in clashes, and it was a spot of rough and tumble that looked like it would cost the South Americans until the injury time drama.

In scenes reminiscent of both England penalties against Panama nine days ago, Kane grappled with Carlos Sanchez at a set piece in the 57th minute and the referee showed no hesitation in pointing to the spot.

The skipper beat Arsenal goalkeeper Ospina from the spot – his sixth strike of the tournament.

It took him two clear of Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku and Cristiano Ronaldo in the goal-scoring charts.

But England failed to build on taking the lead and looked a shadow of the side that had played so wonderfully well against Tunisia and Panama once extra-time began.

Colombia looked brighter for much of the additional half an hour, but Danny Rose went close with a fine effort before the clearest England chance of the night fell to Dier with five minutes left.