England's Lionesses win in penalties during nail-biting World Cup match against Nigeria

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England's Lionesses have made it into the next stage of the World Cup following a nail-biting match against Nigeria, which had viewers on the edge of their seats as they waited to see who would prove victorious.The match went to penalties after the match ended 0-0, with England then selling their spot in the last eight of the World Cup and making it into the quarter-final.

Chloe Kelly scored the winning spot-kick as England clinched the shoot-out 4-2. After a sketchy performance, Chloe promised there was still plenty more to come from the European champions. "It’s amazing, anything that is thrown at us we show what we are capable of," she told BBC One. "We dig deep as a group and we believe in our ability.

First and foremost we believe in what we are told to do.This team is special: we did it at the Euros, we did it at the Finalissima and we are here again doing it. “We keep pushing forward, there is more to come from this special team.” Earlier in the match England's Lauren James, who was the star of the Lionesses’ group-stage matches with three goals and three assists, was sent off in the 87th minute after receiving a red card.The 21-year-old forward was initially shown a yellow card before VAR intervened, referee Melissa Borjas watched the incident back pitchside and it was changed to a red, leaving England with 10 players for extra time.

Lauren and her fellow attackers had been effectively stifled by the Nigerian defence, while limited England chances included Alessia Russo and Rachel Daly being denied by Chiamaka Nnadozie, and the European champions also had a first-half penalty award for a challenge on Daly overturned via VAR.