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However, after opening the scoring, his joy turned to pain just when his celebratory knee slide got stuck in the parched pitch past the hour mark.

Despite the mishap, Elliott soldiered on and propelled England within touching distance of consecutive titles with an 86th-minute decider, following Noah Ohio's equaliser for the Dutch.

Post-match, the Liverpool player told Channel 4: "I don't know what I've done to my knee, but it's bloody hurting, so hopefully it's nothing too silly.



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"It's a silly decision from me [to do the knee slide], to be honest, but it's just one of them, live in the moment.

"You do these things, but I forgot the pitch was ridiculously dry, and it is the price I have got to pay." Paying that price will hopefully not mean missing Saturday's final against France or Germany.

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"It's amazing," Elliott exclaimed when describing the winning feeling.

A really tough game, but bloody hell, to win it, it's incredible.

"I can't put it into words.

Another final, I know I keep saying it, but we need to rest, recover and go again, because it's not over yet.

"Tonight was another amazing experience, really tough conditions once again.

It's just about recovering, resting and going again.

"It's been really tough preparation-wise.

It's just one last push, and hopefully, we can be crowned champions again."

His head coach, Lee Carsley, singled Elliott out for particular praise.

We can really look forward to the final.

"Harvey Elliott and Charlie Cresswell didn't play a lot of minutes in the last campaign.