Earps has been speaking to the press ahead of the Lionesses’ quarter-final against Colombia at Stadium Australia on Saturday (11:30 BST), having kept three clean sheets in four matches so far at the tournament.
After topping Group D with an unbeaten record, Mary and her nation overcame Nigeria on penalties at the end of a tense last-16 tie earlier this week, and she acknowledged afterwards that England weren’t quite at their peak level but, most importantly, were able to get the job done.
Our no.27 does think that her side are capable of getting to those desired barometers however, as the business end of the competition kicks into gear.