Chloe Kelly and Alex Greenwood comfort Nigerian goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie – who was in tears – after the Lionesses advanced to the World Cup quarter-finals on penalties

Chloe Kelly and Alex Greenwood went straight over to comfort Nigerian goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie in the wake of England’s 4-2 penalty shootout win in the last 16 of the World Cup.

After a tense encounter in which the Lionesses were far from their best, they held on to their nerves to advance to the quarter-finals where they will face either Colombia or Jamaica.

And after Kelly netted the winning penalty with a stunning penalty straight into the top left corner, England’s winning hero went to Nnadozie – who was on the floor in tears – was all right.

She was joined by her teammate Greenwood as the pair lifted the Nigeria stopper off the floor in a great show of game skill.

The West African side were extremely unlucky to go out as despite being ranked 40th in the world they were the better team over the 120 minutes.

Kelly blasted in the winning penalty as she pounded her effort into the top left corner

However, they can be proud of their tournament as they secured a memorable win against Australia and were undefeated in normal time through their four matches.

Sarina Wiegman’s team was hampered on Monday when Lauren James was sent off in the second half for violent behavior when she stomped on Michelle Alozie after a free kick.

Lucy Bronze may have been lucky not to concede a penalty after a push into the box, but the Lionesses managed to stay in the tournament.

After Georgia Stanway missed England’s first penalty, Beth England, Rachel Daly and Alex Greenwood scored their penalties.

The podium next came to Kelly – who was a national hero following her winning goal in last summer’s Euro 2022 final – and the Man City striker made no mistake.

Desire Oparanozie and Michelle Alozie were guilty of delaying their efforts for Nigeria as they were forced to regret missed opportunities.

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