After taking the lead inside five minutes, England suffered an immediate implosion and found themselves 2-1 down just 13 minutes later.
Raheem Sterling earned himself a much needed confidence boost after just four minutes, winning England a penalty when Iceland goalkeeper Hannes Thor Halldorsson mindlessly brought down the Manchester City winger.
Wayne Rooney, leading by example, stepped up to smash his best penalty into the bottom left corner of the Icelandic goal past a despairing Halldorsson.
In typical English fashion, Roy Hodgson’s side failed to deal with the much discussed Aron Gunnarsson long throw that has dominated the build up to this last 16 clash.
Hurled into the edge of the penalty area just 34 seconds after falling behind, Kári Árnason barged Wayne Rooney out of the way to head into the path of his central defensive partner Ragnar Sigurdsson to poke home after escaping Kyle Walker who was supposed to be picking him up.
In the 19th minute smart interchange around England’s penalty area allowed Kolbeinn Sigthorsson to get a shot at goal and despite it lacking any serious power, Joe Hart, diving to his left, was unable to keep it out.
Roy Hodgson rolled every dice he had at his disposal to no avail, with England limping out of the competition. Here’s how they performed….
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