Raheem Sterling is delighted that his teammates kept their cool during a tough Round of 16 clash against Colombia.

England looked set to go through in normal time, before Yerry Mina equalized for the Colombians.

The game was also mired by some unpleasantness, with the Colombians raging over the penalty decision that gave England an early lead.

But the English kept their cool and won a tight penalty shootout to head into the quarter finals.

"I just remember running in and someone stepped in front of me," Sterling said to Sky Sports about an incident in the tunnel at half time.

"There were a couple of times when I went over for a drinks break and he kept saying something. Obviously I don't speak Spanish so I didn't understand but then there was half-time too. I just kind of looked back at him, but we knew their game plan and exactly what they were trying to do.

"We knew what would get thrown at us and that was kind of silly from him. We just keep going, black that out and focus on the football. They're a physical team. They were trying to do everything they could to get into our heads but we kept cool heads and that's the most important thing.

"It's up to the ref to clamp down it and we can't really get involved in it."