An overjoyed Mark Sampson was in jocular mood after his England side reached a significant milestone in their history, posting their first knockout stage victory in any World Cup finals with a 2-1 win over Norway in Ottawa. “Don’t drop it,” the coach said as Karen Bardsley, his goalkeeper, was presented with her much-deserved player of the match award. Then it was time for Sampson to turn serious and praise his Lionesses after they came from a goal down to see off the challenge of Norway. “The first emotion is really a sense of pride,” said the 32-year-old whose second half introduction of Jill Scott and Jodie Taylor from the bench changed the narrative. “To show the character and resilience to come back from a goal down is incredible. “Let’s not forget the environmental conditions, the weather was pretty warm. The players were immense to overcome everything and come back. Big credit to Norway for the first half though. We were reasonably fortunate to come in 0-0 at half-time but in the second half our performance was far better, we managed to change the game from the bench and in the end we were deserved winners.” Now a Canada side…