England made their first World Cup semi-last for a long time on Saturday after headers by Harry Maguire and Dele Alli gave them a merited 2-0 triumph over Sweden.

Focus back Maguire associated with an Ashley Young corner to score his first global objective following 30 minutes as England had much the best of the primary half.

Jordan Pickford made excellent saves to deny Marcus Berg, twice, and Viktor Claesson after the break but England generally looked the more dangerous side and were rewarded when Alli headed the second from a Jesse Lingard cross in the 59th minute.

England previously reached the semi-finals in 1966, when they went on to win the World Cup for the only time, and 1990 and will next face either Russia or Croatia, who meet later on Saturday.