GERMANY fans were left head in hands after prematurely celebrating Thomas Muller’s miss against England.
For England supporters, it was a heart in mouth moment as Raheem Sterling’s wayward pass put through Muller.
But the German legend, who has NEVER scored in the Euros, dragged his effort wide as the Three Lions breathed a sigh of relief.
It was a complete contrast of emotions for German fans who were ready to go wild at the sight of an equaliser.
Instead, it was a moment of disbelief as Muller squandered the golden chance to make it 1-1, leaving his supporters kicking the ground.
Sterling, who had opened the scoring, dropped to his knees as he escaped going from hero to zero.
After the game, Germany boss Joachim Low – in his final game in charge – rued the miss.
He said: “We didn’t take opportunities of the two great chances we had with Muller and [Timo] Werner.
“You need to take advantage of them if you want to succeed. The English team did that.
“We were not clinical enough or effective enough.”
With five minutes remaining, Wembley erupted as super-sub Jack Grealish crossed for skipper Harry Kane to nod home.
It ended Kane’s desperate wait for an opening Euros goal and confirmed England’s place in the quarter-final, where they will play Ukraine.
The nation was sent into meltdown after the famous and historic win as manager Gareth Southgate hailed the home support.
Southgate told BBC Sport: “It’s a brilliant afternoon.
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“We talked about bringing enjoyment to the nation really and afternoons like this are what that’s about.
“The players were absolutely immense, right the way through the team and the fans were as well.
“Only 40,000, but it’s as good an atmosphere as I can remember at Wembley. We played extremely well.
“I think we deserved the win, but I’ve had to say to them straight away, look, ‘I’m the party-pooper because if we don’t capitalise on that on Saturday now, then it doesn’t count for anything’.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
