'The Germans somehow win'

Gary Lineker updated his famous quote about the Germans always winning after Toni Kroos's dramatic late goal kept the holders' World Cup dreams alive with a 2-1 win over Sweden.

"Football is a simple game, 22 men chase the ball for 82 minutes and the Germans get a player sent off so 21 men chase the ball for 13 minutes and at the end the Germans somehow... win," the former England captain wrote on Twitter.

Kroos struck a curling free-kick in the 95th minute to seal victory in Sochi on Saturday, which keeps their hopes of reaching the knockout stage alive.

Lineker, 57, once famously said: "Football is a simple game -- 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win."

The comment came after England lost on penalties to Germany in the 1990 semifinal.