Saturday 25 June 2016 20:18, UK
Wales booked their place in the last 16 of Euro 2016 with a slender 1-0 victory over Northern Ireland on Saturday evening.
We spoke to Nathan Blake and Steve Lomas to rate each Wales and Northern Ireland player out of 10...
WALES
Wayne Hennessey - 8
Didn't have a lot to do, but what he did he did very well. He made a great save in the first half and when needed and called upon, he came for some crosses. A lot of takes out of the air too. He doesn't come off his line a lot at Palace, but he did well today.
James Chester - 8
He did fantastically well, and doesn't look out of place in a back three at all. I'm surprised he hasn't played more games for West Brom.
Ashley Williams - 8
Heroic performance, really. He's a man mountain for Wales and holds it all together. There's a lot said about our attacking prowess, obviously with the likes of Bale and Ramsey, but between him and Joe Allen and Joe Ledley, they solidify that defensive formation.
Ben Davies - 8
What can I say? I'd go back to the Slovakia game, he set the tone with that clearance off the line. He hasn't put a foot wrong today, effectively playing out of position. Another excellent performance.
Chris Gunter - 8
Probably his most nervous game, I thought… a better second half though, once Wales had made a couple of changes. He got forward a bit more then, but he had a good game.
Joe Allen - 9
I call him Goliath, because he's one of the smallest players at the tournament but he plays like one of the biggest. There was a moment against England when he hit the floor and I thought "he's going to go off injured", and he literally bounced back up and didn't even blink. Today, he covered a lot of ground.
Joe Ledley - 8
He's what we would call a 'players' player', he does a lot of unseen work, a lot of organisation. It's so important for Ashley Williams to have someone of that experience in front of him. Superb performance, and what he's done is superhuman. As a former player, when you break your leg… four weeks, five weeks, it's impossible. But he's done it, and come back to play.
Aaron Ramsey - 9
He was good first half, but not great. In the second half, he took control and played a bit deeper when Jonny Williams came on. Arguably Wales' man of the match.
Neil Taylor - 8
He did well. He had a few nervy moments and played the ball square a couple of times. He put the opposition on the attack a few times, but he made some great blocks and got forward once or twice.
Gareth Bale - 9
What can you say, he's just a phenomenon. Everything he does ends up resulting in either a great opportunity or a goal at this tournament. People have said "Oh, he hasn't played well" but he doesn't need to. You can do one or two things that make the difference, as a great player. That's what he's done again today.
Sam Vokes - 8
I thought he was really good. I was disappointed for him not to get the header on target just before he came off for Hal Robson-Kanu. I thought it was more of a power header than the direction he tried to put on it. He turned his head a bit too much, and it came off the side. All-round, he didn't start the tournament but has done well coming into it. Did fantastically well.
Substitutes
Hal Robson-Kanu (for Vokes, 55) - 8
He did well, stretching the opposition a bit more and allowing more space in midfield.
Jonny Williams (for Ledley, 62) - 9
I thought he was superb after coming on. That tactical substitution from Chris Coleman, bringing on Williams to allow Ramsey to drop a bit deeper, was brilliant. He's so good with the ball and dribbling, he keeps it for 10-15 seconds which relieves pressure. I thought he was superb. It's an eye-raiser that he doesn't get more football at Palace with that quality. If he was at Manchester City, he'd probably be involved more than he is at Selhurst Park.
NORTHERN IRELAND
Michael McGovern - 7
It was a quiet night for Michael and he did what he could. He really had no chance for the goal so I'd have to say seven.
Aaron Hughes - 8
He was fantastic, especially playing in a wing back role, something he is relatively unfamiliar with, so it's an eight.
Gareth McAuley - 7
It's a seven for big Gareth, he's very much the hero of the group but tonight the own goal is a massive disappointment for him. His performance was superb.
Craig Cathcart - 7
The three boys across the defence were superb, Cathcart included. We knew it would be a game for the defences and they all did well.
Jonny Evans - 8
The job he did on Bale for the most of the night was sensational, so he deserves an eight.
Jamie Ward - 6
He was industrious, but I think the lack of games towards the end of the season for him with Nottingham Forest may have caught up with him.
Corry Evans - 7
Industrious, worked very hard in midfield, and kept that up throughout the game.
Oliver Norwood - 7
He was key, along with Steven Davis and Evans, they dominated the midfield for large spells of the game in Paris and were unlucky to come off on the losing side.
Steven Davis - 7
Good all round team performance from the Southampton man and led the team well. The only criticism I'd have of the midfield is that they left Kyle Lafferty rather isolated.
Stuart Dallas - 7
It's a tough, tough position that, in left wing-back, he's not used to it but he did a decent job up against Chris Gunter.
Kyle Lafferty - 6
He did OK, worked hard, but I wanted a bit more form him, although that does depend on the service into him. He was isolated up there, no doubt.
Substitutes
Conor Washington (for Ward, 69) - 6
He didn't really impact it as much as Michael O'Neill wanted, but he came on around the time Wales were getting a bit more possession, and also just six minutes before they scored.
Niall McGinn (for Norwood, 79) - N/A
Josh Magennis (for McAuley 84) - N/A
