Gareth Southgate says England have been practising, studying and developing strategies for penalty shoot-outs since March.

The Three Lions will head to Moscow to take on Colombia next Tuesday in a last-16 World Cup clash that offers England the chance to win a first knockout match since 2006.

England may have to go the distance against the South Americans, meaning their vulnerability from the spot could become clear once more.

England vs Belgium: Player ratings Show all 24 1 /24 England vs Belgium: Player ratings England vs Belgium: Player ratings England Getty England vs Belgium: Player ratings Jordan Pickford - 6 out of 10 Made a good reactionary save in the first half, looked shaky for a while but recovered well Getty Images England vs Belgium: Player ratings Phil Jones - 5 Bullied by Fellaini all game, hardly won a header against him AFP/Getty Images England vs Belgium: Player ratings John Stones - 7 Great in defence, made two great clearances in the first half and put in a fantastic block to stop Batshuayi scoring Getty Images England vs Belgium: Player ratings Gary Cahill - 6 Decent in the defence, worked well in communication with Stones and made a goalline clearance to keep things level Getty Images England vs Belgium: Player ratings Eric Dier - 5 Weak in midfield, pushed off the ball too many times and he kept passing it backwards AFP/Getty Images England vs Belgium: Player ratings Trent Alexander-Arnold - 6 Launched forward on the overlap very well but his final balls could be better Getty Images England vs Belgium: Player ratings Ruben Loftus-Cheek - 6 Quick on the breakaway but not spectacular in the first half, played better in the second and won a few free kicks while running into space AFP/Getty Images England vs Belgium: Player ratings Fabian Delph - 7 The best of England’s midfielders, he found his passes accurately and got himself into the box on a number of occasions, one of the only players to go forward with intent AFP/Getty Images England vs Belgium: Player ratings Danny Rose - 6 Played well in the first half, quick to run forward and won a few free kicks due to his pace Getty Images England vs Belgium: Player ratings Jamie Vardy - 6 Got himself into positions to score but the final balls into him were poor Getty Images England vs Belgium: Player ratings Marcus Rashford - 6 Didn’t get enough of the ball, run into space through the middle but could have worked the wider spaces batter, when he did he missed an easy chance in the second half AFP/Getty Images England vs Belgium: Player ratings Belgium Getty England vs Belgium: Player ratings Thibaut Courtois - 6 Not asked to do a lot by England’s B Team but made some decent saves VI-Images via Getty Images England vs Belgium: Player ratings Leander Dendoncker - 6 Defended well when Rose came at him down the left Getty Images England vs Belgium: Player ratings Dedryck Boyata - 6 Handled Vardy and Rashford well, made a good clearance when the ball was played into Delph Getty Images England vs Belgium: Player ratings Thomas Vermaelen - 6 Made an early mistake which allowed Alexander-Arnold to get in behind him but recovered well Getty Images England vs Belgium: Player ratings Nacer Chadli - 6 Defended England’s set piece’s well heading the ball away on a number of free kicks, he came forward as well but was wayward with his shots AFP/Getty Images England vs Belgium: Player ratings Youri Tielemans - 7 Had a good shot in the first half that troubled Pickford, but got a yellow card after bringing down Rose but set Januzaj up for the goal AFP/Getty Images England vs Belgium: Player ratings Moussa Dembele - 6 Won the battle against Loftus-Cheek, the England mid-fielder got past him a few times but Dembele kept him quiet in the second half Getty Images England vs Belgium: Player ratings Thorgan Hazard - 6 Could’ve been better tracking back but was decent going forward to create chances AFP/Getty Images England vs Belgium: Player ratings Adnan Januzaj - 7 Had a shot deflected in the first half, but scored a good goal in the second with some good footwork and a great finish Getty Images England vs Belgium: Player ratings Marouane Fellaini - 7 The biggest threat to England, won every header against Phil Jones and could have had a goal but for a goal line clearance AFP/Getty Images England vs Belgium: Player ratings Michy Batshuayi - 6 Looked hungry to get a goal, he tried to tap one past Pickford in the first half, but Cahill cleared it and Stones blocked his best shot on goal AFP/Getty Images

The senior team have lost six of their seven penalty shoot-outs at major tournaments - a statistic manager Southgate knows all too well about, having missed his spot-kick in the Euro 96 semi-final against Germany.

But the former defender is determined his England side will be better prepared as they prepare for the World Cup knockout phase.

"In terms of penalties, we've been practising and going through strategies on them since March," Southgate said after Thursday's 1-0 group-stage defeat to Belgium.

"We've done various different studies and had individual practice.

"We'll obviously go through that in a little more detail now, but it would have been too late to start that now, three days away from a game.