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England's Stones happy to send 'dirtiest team' Colombia home from World Cup

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AFP Repino (Russia)
Last Updated : Jul 05 2018 | 9:30 PM IST

John Stones says Colombia were the "dirtiest team" he has ever faced and is glad England's new-found streetwise streak helped knock the South Americans out of the World Cup.

A bad-tempered last-16 clash ended 1-1 in Moscow on Tuesday before England won on penalties for the first time ever at a World Cup to reach the quarter-finals. Harry Kane opened the scoring with his sixth goal of the tournament from the penalty spot but
"I think on our behalf, we showed massive character to keep a cool head and not get sucked into their game."

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First Published: Jul 05 2018 | 9:30 PM IST

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