Cheerleaders, celebrities and 84,000 gridiron fans descend on Wembley for annual NFL game

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Cheryl Cole and Tinie Tempah, pictured top right, and heavyweight boxer David Haye (bottom left) were among the supporters watching the Minnesota Vikings take on the Pittsburgh Steelers. Gene Simmons (bottom right), the lead singer of Kiss, sang the American national anthem before the two sets of players were welcomed onto the field by pyrotechnics and smoke machines. Fans only have to wait a month for the next British instalment of American Football when Jacksonville take on San Francisco on October 27.
Spectacle: British rapper Tinie Tempah, center, entertained the near sell-out crowd before the game, with the help of the cheerleaders
Anthem: The Minnesota Vikings' cheerleaders line up to sing the Star Spangled Banner before kick off Celebrities: Cheryl Cole is among the sell-out crowd at Wembley. She wrote on Twitter after the game that she had chosen to support the Minnesota Vikings who ended up winning the encounter
Tackled: Peterson is swarmed by Pittsburgh Steelers defenders in the second quarter Dedicated: Minnesota Vikings fans welcome their team onto the pitch at Wembey. Many had travelled thousands of miles to watch the game

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