West Ham captain Declan Rice says England have "silenced" their pre-tournament critics with "faultless" performances on their way to the World Cup quarter-finals.

Gareth Southgate's side comfortably beat Senegal 3-0 on Sunday to set up a quarter-final against reigning world champions France.

England have won three and drawn one of their four matches in Qatar.

"I don't think we get the credit we deserve in our performances," said Hammers midfielder Rice, 23.

"If you look at other teams, like the Netherlands and Argentina, they win their games comfortably and they get called 'masterclasses'.

"With us, it always gets picked off. The negative things always come that way. If you look at the last couple of games, it's been faultless. I think countries should be starting to fear us now because we're a great team."