JORDAN PICKFORD’S penalty heroics were aided by a shoot-out cheat sheet on his WATER BOTTLE.

England’s No1 saved from Switzerland defender Manuel Akanji as the Three Lions sealed a 5-3 win on penalties after drawing 1-1 in 120 minutes.

And he only narrowly failed to keep out ex-Stoke and Liverpool man Xherdan Shaqiri too, as he dived the right way for two of the four spot kicks he faces.

But it wasn’t mere guesswork from the Everton stopper.

That’s because he had meticulous instructions for every Swiss player written on his drinks bottle.

Next to Akanji’s name, Pickford had written “dive left”.

And that’s exactly what he did as he stopped Switzerland’s first penalty, which ultimately earned the Three Lions a semi-final clash with Holland in Dortmund on Wednesday.

But fans first spotted his “s***housery” as Akanji stepped up to take his spot-kick.

Viewers spotted Pickford walking away from the goal line towards his water bottle, taking his time to get back.

The referee then had a word with him – and BLOCKED him from his “usual process” for the rest of the shootout.

Pickford could have saved the next one too, had he listened to his own research.

For Fabian Schar’s kick, he faked to dive left and then went right, the complete OPPOSITE of the instruction on his bottle.

And the Newcastle man actually put it exactly where Pickford had planned, and into the back of the net.

In fact, Switzerland’s Zeki Amdouni was the taker NOT to do exactly what was written on Pickford’s bottle, sending his penalty down the middle as Pickford dived left.

But one save was all it took for Pickford as Cole Palmer, Jude Bellingham, Bukayo Saka, Ivan Toney – who stunned fans with his “cold” technique – and Trent Alexander-Arnold all converted with unwavering assurance.