World Cup 2018: 3 reasons why Colombia lost to England

#2 Colombia's approach was a mug's game

Barrios' headbutt wasn't met with adequate punishment

Not quite sure what was going on in the collective Colombian mind, but it certainly wasn't football. Though Jose Pekerman set his team out well to cement the void left by James Rodriguez's injury, frustrating England with a defensive game, their approach - rough, brutal and belligerent - was self-destructive.

In what was a temperamental first-half, Colombia were lucky to have avoided another red card when Wilmar Barrios appeared to headbutt Henderson before a set-piece was taken. The Liverpool skipper did spice it up with play-acting, but Barrios should've been sent off there. Relieved with referee's decision to brandish only a yellow, it actually motivated the Cafeteros to indulge in more foul play in the coming minutes. So much so that even the Colombian coaching staff got involved, shoving Sterling when he was coming off in the second-half.

Colombia's intent for the majority of the game was to just run the roughshod over England and break their play by imposing mere physicality. In fact, by the end of extra-time, they committed 23 fouls and had 6 of their players going into the books. The only time they made any effort to actually play and get something from the game (apart from the bookings) was in the dying minutes of the match, and a well-executed set-piece saw Mina heading home deep in injury time.