Everton’s Jordan Pickford is the toast of England after his penalty shootout heroics guided the Three Lions into the World Cup quarter-finals.

The Blues keeper showed his class with a stunning one-handed save to keep out Carlos Bacca’s spot-kick after Jordan Henderson had missed in the shootout in Moscow.

Pickford's save proved crucial in turning a nailbiting contest back in England’s favour as Eric Dier stepped up seconds later to slot home and book a last-eight date against Sweden on Saturday afternoon.

Pickford was desperately unlucky to be involved in a penalty shootout in the first place after his magnificent injury-time stop saw Everton’s 2017/18 player, players’ player and young player of the season turn Mateus Uribe’s 25-yard drive around the post.

With England defending a 1-0 lead courtesy of top-scorer Harry Kane’s 57^th-minute penalty – his sixth goal of the World Cup – Colombia kept the tie going with an injury-time leveller from Yerry Mina.

Pickford, who once again caught the eye with his pinpoint distribution, was to have the final, though, as England won a penalty shootout in the World Cup for the first time in their history.

The Three Lions will now face Sweden in Samara on Saturday (3pm kick-off) for a place in the last four against either Croatia or Russia.