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FIFA World Cup 2018: We grew up on that pitch, says Harry Kane

England captain Harry Kane believes his team has come of age after their dramatic 4-3 penalty shootout win over Colombia in Last 16 tie; says Three Lions now ready to lift the cup

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A jubilant Harry Kane celebrates Englandu00c3u00a2u00c2u0080u00c2u0099s win over Colombia at Moscow on Tuesday. Pic/Getty Images

Harry Kane believes Gareth Southgate's England side came of age in Moscow after navigating a dramatic penalty shootout to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. Kane thought he had seen off a fractious Colombia side in normal time when he converted a second half penalty - his sixth goal of the tournament and third spot-kick. But Yerry Mina's injury-time header levelled things, putting an exhausted England through half-an-hour of tension in extra-time followed by a nerve-shredding shootout.

The Three Lions came through, as they had only done once before in their previous seven attempts, with Kane's opener setting the tone, Jordan Pickford saving at a crucial moment and Eric Dier slotting the winner. Summing up the evening's events for the least experienced side left in the draw, Kane said: "Obviously we'd spoken a lot about being an inexperienced and young team, but we grew up a lot on that pitch.

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