Watch All of Wembley Stadium Sing the French National Anthem

As armed police looked on, David Cameron, Prince William and London Mayor Boris Johnson joined thousands of England fans in an emotional rendition of the French anthem at Wembley Stadium which was lit up in the blue, white and red of the French flag.

Roy Hodgson’s men intermingled with Didier Deschamps’ team around the centre circle for the minute’s silence and the captain says it showed the positive effects football can have.

“Inevitably, like everyone. I am French and when something happens to the French people, it happens to me”. It showed last night. The English pad very moving tribute, they were fabulous. A similar gesture was made on Saturday evening when Saracens hosted Toulouse in rugby’s Champions Cup, reports the BBC.

“We feel very grateful because not just the people at Wembley, but the whole nation has supported us”. “Everyone has their own way of displaying their emotions but it was certainly a moment where everyone came together. To compete. To show that we remained strong and united”. “It was big of them”, said Lloris. “We need solidarity on a European and a world level”. That’s how we should be together.

“We have thought a lot about our loved ones in recent days and now we will try to think about ourselves before returning to our clubs”.

“We see the game as a show of solidarity and we see it also as a show of defiance”. “Football is a global game and.it is not about religion or race”.

“Loyalty is an important quality and one should never dismiss the value of loyalty from player to coach and coach to player”, Hodgson said.

It was followed by that gloriously unified version of “La Marseillaise” and a perfectly-observed minute’s silence, during which one French fan, draped in the Tricolore, removed his glasses to wipe away tears with the colours of his country.

“Everyone who played are professional players”.

‘We had a plan for the France game which might have had an even bolder tactical set-up than the one we used. We were proud to do it.

“Thank You”, was the simple headline on the front page of sports daily L’Equipe, written in English in recognition of the support. “So we don’t really know what was going on there”.

“But thankfully we’ve got the win tonight and we end 2015 with a good result”. “It was the only time in my career that we lost and I didn’t care”, he said.

“I am sure that’s what the manager wants, problems”, he said of young talent pushing the more experienced squad members.

“Obviously to get the goal here at Wembley (was great), but I think it was important that we got the win and thankfully I got the goal”. Unfortunately, we can not erase what has happened.