Strong Man City contingent still in World Cup contention

Manchester City have had more players at this summer's World Cup than any other Premier League team, with 16 taking part in the tournament in North America.

That list does not include Bernardo Silva and John Stones, who have now left the club following the expiry of their contracts.

Marc Guehi and Nico O'Reilly both started England's first knockout round victory over DR Congo and should feature against Mexico in the last 16, while goalkeeper James Trafford is expected to be on the bench again.

Erling Haaland also progressed to the same round with Norway to set up a tasty tie against five-winners Brazil and the striker is vying for the Golden Boot having already scored five goals in just three appearances.

Winger Jeremy Doku helped Belgium come from 2-0 behind to beat Senegal 3-2 in an all-time classic World Cup knockout tie and they face co-hosts United States in the next round on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, forward Rayan Cherki has found minutes hard to come by for scintillating France, who face Paraguay in the last 16 on Saturday.

Rodri captained Spain in Thursday's win over Austria, Ruben Dias and Matheus Nunes got the better of Josko Gvardiol and Mateo Kovacic's as Portugal narrowly beat Croatia in the early hours of Friday, while later on, Omar Marmoush should be in action for Egypt against Australia.

Ghana star Antoine Semenyo will be hoping to lead his side into the next round when they face Colombia on Saturday.

Just one of that contingent suffered a group-stage exit, with Abdukhodir Khusanov and Uzbekistan finishing bottom of the standings without a point in their first appearance at a World Cup.

And Netherlands duo Tijjani Reijnders and Nathan Ake also went home following their last-32 defeat on penalties by Morocco.