Cameroon manager Alain Djeumfa made the extraordinary claim that his players were the victims of the 'miscarriage of justice' as the referees wanted England to win their World Cup last-16 clash.

Goals from Steph Houghton, Ellen White and Alex Greenwood sealed a 3-0 victory for England in a match marred by Cameroon players stamping, spitting and even appearing to refuse to re-start play after two VAR decisions went against them.

England boss Phil Neville accused Cameroon of 'shaming' women's football but after the game Dejeumfa claimed his side had shown 'professionalism'.

Instead the Cameroon manager bemoaned a string of decisions by the officials, claiming: 'Occasionally the referee makes mistakes, but the referee made a lot of mistakes tonight.'

He added: 'Once we conceded the opening goal in the 14th minute, when there was an indirect free-kick inside the area, that was the wrong decision and then we realised it was slipping away, and then we realised we had to make sure we didn’t concede in the opening 20 minutes.

'But unfortunately the officials wanted something else.'

Djeumfa rejected suggestions that the officials had been racist and he also hit out at accusations that his players had refused to re-start play after White's goal.

The first-half strike was initially ruled out for offside, only to be given following a VAR review. Cameroon's players protested the decision and their frustrations intensified after the break when they saw a goal of their own ruled out by video replays.

'I think that is wrong. Excuse me, I think that is your feeling,' he said. 'The players never stopped and refused to play.

'I think my players were examples and occasionally, when you are in this state of shock, you can lose your cool.

'I don't think the players ever really refused and I think they showed professionalism and I take my hats off to them for that.'

The Cameroon boss could be seen on the touchline calming down his players but he did later admit that he came close to taking them from the field in the last-16 clash.

'I think we need to remain as teachers,' he said. 'We might have had the moment to walk off but thanks to God I was able to remain calm.

'I know what I am like a person but I was able to keep my cool and ultimately there was a lot of passion out there, but I have thank God for keeping me calm.'

Neville, meanwhile, was damning in his assessment of Cameroon's performance, claiming: 'We've had seven million people watching us playing an international game against Cameroon with that behaviour.

'I think it's pretty sad. That's how I felt on the touchline. Their team mirrored their manager. If my team played like that they would never play for England again.'