“We have some of best takers in the Premier League and in the world, so we talked about it before and if it did come to penalties we would be pretty confident,” added Saka.

“You saw that today, we scored five out of five and we’re through to the next round.”

Southgate was effusive in his praise of Saka who was also for large portions of the match England’s most dangerous player in the unfamiliar position of right wing-back.

“I gave him a massive cuddle on the pitch. He’s a special boy, a dream to work with… Of course you’re pleased for everybody but especially for him,” said Southgate.

“That takes courage but we have belief in him. We had belief in him previously, but he’s now got a lot more experience of those pressure moments and his all-round performance was exceptional.”

However questions remain over how England are performing as Saka’s equaliser was the Three Lions’ first shot on target and saved England from an embarrassing exit at the hands of the Swiss.

England were largely solid but again laboured in attack as Harry Kane toiled to little effect up front and Jude Bellingham struggled to perform as he has at Real Madrid.

However England have a date with destiny on Wednesday, when they will face one of the Netherlands or Turkey in Dortmund for a place in the final.

“We know there’s two more games until we can change our lives and make some history that’s never been made before. We’re really focused on that,” Saka added.

“We’re going to enjoy tonight and obviously focus on the next game. We’ll watch the game tonight to see who we’re facing and be ready for that one when it comes.”