El Hadji Diouf has dismissed England's chances of winning a penalty shootout against Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy.
'If we get to penalties, we're going to win it, easy,' said Diouf, the former Liverpool forward who now works as an advisor to the president of the Senegalese FA and a mentor to young players in the squad.
'I know the goalkeeper we've got and I know we can stop some of their penalties.'
![Former Senegal and Liverpool forward El Hadji Diouf has shut down England's chances of beating the African nation in their last-16 clash if it goes to a penalty shootout on Sunday](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/12/01/19/65145483-0-image-a-57_1669922274552.jpg)
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Chelsea 'keeper Mendy was the hero of their penalty shootout victories in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations against Egypt in February and the World Cup play-off against the same opposition, one month later.