By Ian Herbert For Mailonline
Published: 14:00 BST, 24 June 2019 | Updated: 14:00 BST, 24 June 2019
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England central defender Millie Bright insisted that the team would be bullied by no one, after getting the better of a brutal Cameroon team in Sunday's controversial round of 16 tie.
The world's 46th ranked nation stamped on and spat at England's players and twice refused to re-start play after VAR decision. But Bright said Phil Neville's players were ready for anything that was thrown at them, after a match which attracted 6.9m UK TV viewers - a record for the women's game.
'We pride ourselves on winning the battle,' Bright said. 'You win the physical battle first and then you win the football. If you try to do the football first and not the physical stuff, that doesn't work.
Millie Bright insisted that England would be bullied by no other team at the World Cup
England's players were targeted by some rash Cameroon challenges in Sunday's match
'You win physically, you get momentum and you get a foot in the game by winning your tackles and being dominant in that area. Then you can