The immediate post-match reaction from both Thomas Tuchel and Jude Bellingham was in the heat of the moment...and boy, was it hot.

The England manager and their talisman will surely be singing from the same hymn sheet again, once they have cooled down.

Their exhausted, bristling response also said a lot about the effort they had both put in, in their own way, to help England make it past a dogged and determined Norway side that - for large spells of their quarter-final - were the better side.

The Three Lions' fans inside the Miami Stadium were certainly put through the wringer, and the explosion of joy and relief at full-time was a mark of how close they had come to defeat in another backs-to-the-wall performance against Norway.

It was telling that, along with this World Cup's anthem, Wonderwall, the England supporters also blasted out a rendition of "Hey Jude"...

Thomas Tuchel's declaration that England "need to play better" was perhaps not the critique that matchwinner Jude Bellingham wanted to hear at full-time.

The Real Madrid number 10 had just put in a lung-busting display, along with his team-mates, in a match played over 120 minutes in scorching temperatures and unbearably humid conditions, to help drag England into the semi-finals of the World Cup.

That exhausting effort came less than seven days after the same England players, down to 10 men, put in a backs-to-the-wall performance to beat Mexico in their Azteca fortress in the last 16.

Tuchel's words - that England won with "pure mentality" but "need to play better" - were met with a shrug of the shoulders from Bellingham.

"Yeah well, whatever," he said in his post-match interview on the Miami pitch.

"It's difficult out there, it's a tough shift. All the players have put in a tough shift. My thoughts and appreciation goes to the players out there who put in a great shift."

Bellingham added: "Maybe he [Tuchel] doesn't know what it's like to play in those conditions against Erling Haaland, Martin Odegaard, Antonio Nusa and Alexander Sorloth.

"They're not an easy team to play against. I can't speak highly enough of the lads.

"You can't win every game popping the ball and making 1,000 passes, sometimes you have to win dirty and we did that today."

As we said, England manager Thomas Tuchel was far from impressed with his side's performance.

"We got lucky," he said after a quarter-final that saw Norway take the lead, miss a great chance to make it 2-0, have a goal disallowed and also hit the bar.

"We made life very, very difficult for ourselves. The result is fantastic. We are in the last four. It's amazing but [I am] not happy with the performance - in every sense.

"We made life difficult for us in the way we played and how we played – sloppy, a lot of technical mistakes, not fast enough, not repetitive enough."

Tuchel suggested one thing had helped England advance.

"This is pure mentality," he said.

I think we all need a minute, Terry.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at Miami Stadium

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England stand one win from their first men's World Cup final since 1966 as Jude Bellingham's brilliant two-goal display inspired them to come from behind to beat Norway after extra time in Miami.

Thomas Tuchel's side rode their luck in a quarter-final played in fierce heat and humidity, but Bellingham was once again the talisman to send England into the last four, where they will play Argentina - a match which will be shown live on the BBC.

In a tight, tense encounter, Norway went ahead after 36 minutes when Andreas Schjelderup's dipping effort deceived England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford to fly in.

England needed an instant response, with Bellingham inevitably providing it in first-half stoppage time when he took Anthony Gordon's pass perfectly in his stride to beat Norway keeper Orjan Nyland.

Tuchel was forced into half-time changes, replacing the influential Declan Rice, who has been struggling with illness and injury, as well as Noni Madueke, sending on Eberechi Eze and Bukayo Saka.

Norway threatened after the break, seeing a goal by Torbjorn Heggem ruled out for Erling Haaland's needless shove on Elliot Anderson, while David Moller Wolfe headed against the bar.

Haaland was subdued and eventually substituted at the break in extra time, with Bellingham having already stepped up again three minutes into the added period, pouncing after Nyland could only push out a shot from substitute Morgan Rogers.

England now go into their third World Cup semi-final since they lifted the Jules Rimet trophy 60 years ago, hoping they can change their fortunes after losses to West Germany in 1990 and Croatia in 2018.

Right, let's break down England's quarter-final win over Norway, assess the big moments and the reaction to them...

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The instant reaction to England's win - led by manager Thomas Tuchel and echoed by numerous pundits - was that they would have to play much better if they are to progress any further in this tournament.

We will bring you all of that reaction in a moment.

But that was before Argentina squeaked through in similar fashion to set up a semi-final meeting with the Three Lions.

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Phew.

It wasn't pretty...but England are through to the World Cup semi-finals for a fourth time in their history.

Manager Thomas Tuchel was unimpressed with his side's performance after they needed extra-time to seal a 2-1 comeback win over Norway, but he was full of praise for their "mentality".

Jude Bellingham's response?

"Whatever..."

The Real Madrid midfielder scored twice to seal England's progress in a steamy, sultry Miami Stadium.

Argentina later followed them into the semi-finals with their own extra-time win, beating Switzerland 3-1 in Kansas City to set up a head-to-head with England in the last four in Atlanta on Wednesday.

Stick with us as we bring you full reaction to both those results.