{{South American dark horses Colombia cantered into the World Cup knockout round on Thursday and 2010 semi-finalists Uruguay put hapless England on the brink of elimination with a Luis Suarez-inspired 2-1 win.}}<\/p>\n
Returning from knee surgery and facing several Liverpool team mates, Suarez scored a brilliant header to put Uruguay ahead then won the game with a lethal drive after Wayne Rooney had equalised with his first World Cup goal.<\/p>\n
“God Save The King!” read one proud banner over a photo of Suarez among the hordes of blue-clad Uruguayans dancing at the final whistle in Sao Paulo’s Corinthians arena.<\/p>\n
The charismatic Suarez celebrated the first goal with his doctor, then showed class in hugging disconsolate Liverpool colleague and England captain Steven Gerrard at the end.<\/p>\n
“I dreamed about this. I am enjoying this moment after all the criticism I had to take,” said Suarez, who fought back tears after his second goal.<\/p>\n
The Uruguayan ace has had an up-and-down time in the Premier League with bans for racism and biting before winning last season’s Player of the Year award.<\/p>\n
Uruguay joined Italy and Costa Rica, who meet on Friday, on three points with England on zero after two losses in Group D.<\/p>\n
Having started their campaigns with exciting wins, Colombia and Ivory Coast served up a thriller as expected in Brasilia.<\/p>\n
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