Manchester United striker Anthony Martial leaves Wembley Stadium on crutches

He added: “I thought we played very well in the first half – as well as we’ve played here at Wembley for a long time”. ‘La Marseilles resounded in London in tribute to the victims of Paris’.

Martial started the worldwide friendly on Tuesday night and went close to scoring for Les Bleus on two separate occasions, forcing good saves out of Joe Hart and his subsequent replacement Jack Butland, before exiting the action for Antoine Griezmann on 67 minutes.

Manchester United striker Anthony Martial left Wembley Stadium on crutches after France’s 2-0 defeat to England.

Prior to kick-off, many in a crowd of 71 223 stood to sing the French national anthem in tribute to the 129 people killed and more than 350 injured in last Friday’s attacks in the French capital. “A lot of people still had these images from Friday in their minds”. He tweeted: “Great to see England fans showing solidarité with the travelling French football supporters at Wembley this evening”.

France’s players – with 13 in the squad who are playing or have played in the Premier League – were given a warm ovation as they came out to warm up, returning the gesture by gathering in the centre circle to acknowledge the applause.

“We’ve all got to come together against terrorism and they’re not going to stop us living our lives and being who we are”.

Thierry Henry encouraged a show of solidarity at the England-France friendly.

Prime Minister David Cameron said it was important for Britain to stand side-by-side with its neighbour, the world cup winners from 1998.

The match has been the subject of concern because the targets in Paris included Stade de France, where tens of thousands were watching Germany play France.

Luke Kerr, formerly England Beach Football’s head coach between 2007 and 2009, recorded the spine-tingling atmosphere when fans of both England and France sang La Marseillaise – the French national anthem – ahead of the football friendly on Tuesday.

England’s Football Association has confirmed that the giant arch over Wembley will continue to be lit in the red, white and blue of the French Tricolor leading up to the match.

There will be a minute’s silence before kickoff and both teams will wear black armbands to remember the victims of Friday’s attacks. “Now we need to keep moving forward even though tat’s much more easily said than done after what has happened”. “We played because we had to but while I was physically on the pitch, mentally I was on the other side of the Atlantic with all those people suffering in America”.

The communal singing of the Marseillaise followed a social media campaign taken up by British newspapers, many of which printed the words to the 220-year-old battle hymn on the morning of the match.