Harry Kane's late goal to complete England's comeback against Croatia fired Gareth Southgate's side into the semi-final of the Nations League, 10 minutes after it looked like they were being relegated.
England were staring relegation in the face themselves when Andrej Kramaric opened the scoring to punish the Three Lions for a host of missed first-half chances.
Two goals in the final 12 minutes from Jesse Lingard (78) and captain Kane (85) sparked scenes of wild celebrations as Gareth Southgate's men relegated their World Cup semi-final conquerors.
England will now head to Portugal next summer for the inaugural Nations League finals.
Gareth Southgate: “I’m very proud first and foremost. I thought we dictated a lot of the game and had good chances in the first half. Then we let quite a soft goal in and it’s a real test of resilience and patience. We rode our luck with their counter-attacks with one cleared off the line. For all the great play, we scored from a long throw-in and set-piece. Maybe we're not a new England and we're the England we’ve always been. I’m proud of how we’ve done all year. I’ve not heard Wembley like that for a long time.”
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Jesse Lingard 78' Harry Kane 85' | Andrej Kramaric 57' |
