Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup: France vs England In Quarter Final Battle, English Fans Say They Can Win.

CHRIS SUTTON'S PLAYER RATINGS: Star man Bellingham is an INCREDIBLE player and Kane is peaking for the knockout stages… but Stones and Maguire were guilty of giving the ball away cheaply
England cruised through to the quarter-finals of the World Cup with a comfortable 3-0 win over Senegal. Despite some early scares in the first half, Jordan Henderson opened the scoring for the Three Lions after 38 minutes, before Harry Kane doubled England's lead with his first of the tournament just before half-time. Bukayo Saka added a third early in the second half and that all but wrapped up the game for Gareth Southgate's men, who will now meet France in a huge clash on Saturday. With their quarter-final place booked, Sportsmail's CHRIS SUTTON has rated each player's performance - including (L-R) John Stones, Harry Maguire, Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham - in the impressive victory.

England 3-0 Senegal - MARTIN SAMUEL'S REPORT: Three Lions CRUISE into World Cup quarter-finals as they bounce back from slow start in style... with fine goals from Jordan Henderson, Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka setting up France tie.
A dink. A flippin’ dink. England dinked their way into the World Cup quarter-finals on Sunday, the sheer audacity of Bukayo Saka’s finish for the third goal momentarily banishing the fear that this team will be overwhelmed by France and Kylian Mbappe on Saturday. That will be a gargantuan test, make no mistake of that. France could well be the best team here, certainly the best of the European contingent. Yet this was a statement result by England against the champions of Africa, improving on France’s result earlier in the day against an ordinary Polish team. England rode a difficult first-half to lead 2-0 and then settled their nerves by adding a third after 56 minutes. That it came through Bukayo Saka, who Southgate had preferred to last week’s hero Marcus Rashford, was another victory for the manager over his critics. Predictably the team news brought the usual outpouring of vitriol over his choices, even though Saka, Harry Kane and Phil Foden would have been a very popular front trio before the tournament began.

DOMINIC KING: Jude Bellingham's 40-yard run that propelled England into the quarter-finals was beautifully brutal, devastating and balletic in equal measure… we will remember this performance for a long, LONG time

BY DOMINIC KING AT AL BAYT STADIUM: So let this be said now: in years to come, you will have no trouble recalling the moment Jude Bellingham took possession in his own half against Senegal.

'Today was the most explosive performance': Rio Ferdinand hails Kylian Mbappe's two-goal display as better than Lionel Messi's showing against Australia... but Mauricio Pochettino says France still have 'areas to improve'

Rio Ferdinand hailed Kylian Mbappe's performance in France's last-16 win over Poland - maybe even ranking it about Lionel Messi's role in Argentina's win the previous day.

Referee Ivan Barton yells at Senegal stars to 'SHUT UP' as Salvadorian official loses his cool with moaning African stars after VAR check denies them a penalty against England in World Cup last 16 clash
Salvadorian referee Ivan Barto lost his goal in England's 3-0 last-16 win over Senegal after being caught on camera appearing to tell players to 'shut up'. England eased to a comfortable knockout stage win over their African opponents as Jordan Henderson, captain Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka all got on the scoresheet in the Middle East.

France 3-1 Poland: It's the Kylian Mbappe show as superstar scores TWO brilliant goals to send the world champions to the quarter-finals after Olivier Giroud's opener... with Robert Lewandowski netting a late consolation from the penalty spot
IAN HERBERT AT AL THUMANA STADIUM: There were times when Kylian Mbappe seemed, in his mind's eye, to be back in Paris' 19th arrondissement, foot over the ball, playing with defenders, a million different options and all the time he needed to select one. That was before the two thunderbolts: shots of such power from such minimal back-lift that they would have sent a shudder through a watching England, aspiring to face him next. There was data on the first to make your head spin - the ball was despatched at 47km per hour at a spin ratio of 2.8 revs per second - but Wojciech Szczesny will just tell you that he blinked and it was past him. The second was the purest, a ball eased back in front of Kamil Glik and punched, hard and fast, beyond the 6ft 4in frame of an in-form goalkeeper. Mbappe made a pistol gesture, then and yes, this really was gunfire.