Gracious: Hart also congratulated Diamanti after his winner

England rode their luck on occasion during the match with Italy, twice hitting the woodwork as well as creating a number of other decent chances.

The Azzurri also thought they had won the match six minutes from time only to see Antonio Nocerino's header correctly ruled out for offside.

Asked if he thought it was going to be England's night after those escapes, Hart said: 'I thought it was going to be our night whether those things didn't happen.

'I thought it was going to be our night because of the side we had, the heart we had, the quality we had, but unfortunately it wasn't to be, we didn't do well in the shoot-out, myself included.'

The Manchester City custodian also admitted he was struggling to take many positives from the experience immediately after the match.

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