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The Three Lions beat the South Americans in a penalty shootout following a 1-1 draw in Moscow. Colombia were handed six yellow cards, compared to England's two, while they were also at fault for 23 of the game's 36 fouls. American referee Mark Geiger also gave England a penalty following an apparent pull on Harry Kane. And Falcao, who was one of the six Colombians to be booked, has blasted Geiger's performance. "I found it peculiar that they put an American magliette Athletic Bilbao referee in this instance," the Monaco forward said. "To tell you the truth, the process leaves a lot of doubts. He only spoke English, some bias was certain. Through small calls he was pushing us [toward] our goal, that was clear for me." The Three Lions won their first ever World Cup penalty shoot-out to stun Colombia, setting up a quarter-final clash with Sweden. Everton No 1 Jordan Pickford, who has been criticised for his performances at the World Cup, saved Carlos Bacca's penalty before Eric Dier netted the winner. The Tottenham star stepped up with the shoot-out tied at 3-3 to fire it past David Ospina to hand England their first knockout victory at a major tournament since 2006. Dier saved Jordan Henderson's blushes after the midfielder missed his spot kick. And England boss Southgate, whose decision to rest his star players in the Three Lions� final group stage clash with Belgium was vindicated, hailed his side, magliette Athletic Bilbao claiming they�re creating their own history. He said: "Fantastic. I think we deserved it as well. We played so well in the 90 minutes, We showed resilience to come back from huge disappointment and kept calm. It's huge credit to all our players and staff. "Shoot-outs are tough. We had talked long and hard about owning the process of a shoot-out. They kept calm. The players have taken it all on board, it's a special moment for us."