Chicharito celebrated the greatest World Cup victory in his nation’s history by crying his eyes out.

The Hammers striker provided the vital assist for the winner over Germany before and admitted that he was the Mexican who cried the most afterwards.

He said: “After the final whistle I celebrated it the way I am, like someone emotional. In the locker room, some laughed, others shouted, I celebrated it my way, I was the one who cried the most.

“We have taken a very important step, and we have to go calmly, to enjoy it. We are very excited, we have started the World Cup on the right foot, but we will start working 100% towards the match against South Korea.

“If we don’t win that match and the one against Sweden, beating Germany would have served no purpose at all.”

He was delighted to play his part, especially in front of such a strong Mexican support.

He added: “I tried to give everything, in the best way, I gave an assist. Lozano had a great match too, here there are no heroes, we all played great, from Memo (Ochoa) to Javier.

“We feel like we were playing at home, the anthem ceremony was extremely exciting.”