Jordan Pickford is poised to become the first Everton player to represent England in a World Cup semi-final since Ray Wilson in 1966.
Toffees goalkeeper Pickford produced three exceptional second-half stops to record the third clean sheet of his embryonic Three Lions career as Gareth Southgate’s men comfortably disposed of Sweden in their last-eight tie in Russia.
The 24-year-old, England’s youngest goalkeeper at a World Cup finals, twice saved thrillingly from striker Marcus Berg, either side of a splendid reflex stop to keep out a Viktor Claesson effort.
A staid encounter exploded into life on 30 minutes when Harry Maguire leapt above marker Emil Forsberg to meet Ashley Young’s left-wing corner and power England into the lead.