Senegal assistant coach El Hadji Diouf has fired a warning at England ahead of their World Cup round of 16 tie.

Diouf has dismissed England's chances of winning a penalty shootout against Chelsea 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."

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.

"We are always going to win on penalties," grinned 41-year-old Diouf, who was a star of the Senegal side that shocked the world by beating holders France 1-0 and reaching the last eight of the World Cup in 2002.