World Cup: O'Reilly and Guehi help England to reach World Cup quarter-finals

World Cup: O'Reilly and Guehi help England to reach World Cup quarter-finalsThe Three Lions knocked out co-hosts Mexico in a five goal thriller at the Azteca.

>After kick-off was delayed by an hour and England had an altitude disadvantage to overcome fans across the country were no doubt anxious for Thomas Tuchel’s side as they faced a Mexico side with a huge home advantage.

>Despite early warning shots from Raul Jimenez, Jordan Pickford stood strong to deny him by tipping his efforts over the bar.

>Mexico were yet to concede a goal at the tournament until Jude Bellingham struck twice in 98 seconds during the first-half to put England in a comfortable position.

>The Azteca was stunned into silence before Julian Quinones pulled one back for the hosts before the break.

The Three Lions continued to push for a third as Nico O’Reilly struck the post before Quansah slid in and was shown a straight red card in the 54th minute.

>The referee awarded England a penalty minutes later when Anthony Gordon was brought down by the goalkeeper and Harry Kane fired home.

>Alireza Faghani then pointed to the spot again, this time for a Mexico penalty, which allowed Jimenez to beat Pickford.

>Thomas Tuchel’s side threw everything at it to see out the tie and the defence did more than that to show excellent mentality.

>Their gutsy 3-2 victory sees Marc Guehi, Nico O’Reilly and Elliot Anderson go head-to-head with Erling Haaland’s Norway in the quarter-finals.

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