Gareth Southgate admitted he was thinking about taking Jude Bellingham off before he scored a superb 95th minute equaliser.
England were on the brink of an embarrassing exit to Slovakia, who took the lead through Ivan Schranz and were less than two minutes from a famous victory.
Bellingham had other ideas and he produced a superb bicycle kick in the fifth minute of stoppage time to send the game to extra time, where Harry Kane headed home the winner to set up a quarter final with Switzerland.