Martin O’Neill hails fans’ ‘performance’ in victory over Germany

Martin O’Neill yesterday acclaimed the role Ireland fans played in Thursday night’s defeat of Germany, when the Aviva Stadium rediscovered the old Lansdowne Roar.

“I thought their (the crowd) performance was really amazing. The players were remarking on it late last night at the hotel and this morning; in terms of an atmosphere we hadn’t witnessed that at the Aviva, certainly not in my time.

“Not only that, I thought they got into the real spirit of it, knowing when there were big important moments, even cheering a clearance at different stages, knowing that was relieving pressure.