England beat Mexico in thriller to reach World Cup quarter-final

England's big performers delivered, especially Bellingham, who produced one of the great individual performances, not only with his two goals but an outstanding last-ditch tackle to deny Mexico defender Cesar Montes when he looked certain to make it 2-2 on the stroke of half-time.

He dived to his left to save brilliantly from Jimenez's header as Mexico pressed for an early goal, then showed great athleticism to dive high to his right to deny the same player as Mexico gathered a head of steam before half-time.

Mexico had lost only two of 89 competitive games at their Azteca fortress, but England's cool approach early on allowed them to take command when the outstanding Jude Bellingham scored twice in the space of 98 seconds before half-time.