NFL: Detroit Lions beat Atlanta Falcons 22-21 at Wembley

The Lions have won six of their eight games this season

Detroit Lions completed a remarkable second-half comeback to beat the Atlanta Falcons 22-21 in their NFL regular season match at Wembley.

Atlanta scored three touchdowns in the first half to lead 21-0 while Detroit had a 102-yard interception return chalked off for a foul.

Quarterback Matt Stafford threw two touchdown passes and Matt Prater kicked two field goals to give Detroit hope.

Prater then kicked a 48-yard field goal in the final seconds to win the match.

It was Prater's second attempt after his first effort from 43 yards drifted wide but he was given a reprieve when the Lions were given a five-yard penalty for delaying the game.

The 13:30 GMT kick-off in front of a sell-out crowd meant it was the earliest start for American viewers in NFL history.

It was the second NFL match at Wembley this season with a third match, between Jacksonville Jaguars and Dallas Cowboys, to come on 9 November.

Atlanta went into the game on the back of a four-match losing streak but dominated the first-half with quarterback Matt Ryan throwing two touchdown passes to Devonta Freeman and Bear Pascoe while Steven Jackson ran in from one yard.

Detroit thought they had replied when Rashean Mathis intercepted Ryan's pass in his own end zone and ran it 102 yards for the touchdown only for officials to rule it out for a foul.

The momentum began to change after the break though as the Lions' scored a third-quarter field goal to get on the scoreboard.

Stafford then threw a stunning 59-yard touchdown to Golden Tate and picked out Theo Riddick for another six-point score, after a second Prater field goal, to trail 22-20.

The Lions missed a two-point conversion attempt to level the match but Stafford moved his team up the pitch in the final 90 seconds to give Prater his match-winning shot.

Meanwhile, Alistair Kirkwood NFL UK managing director confirmed there would be another three matches at Wembley next year.

Speaking to the BBC World Service he said: "We are going to do three games next year.

"There are some logistic reasons around the Rugby World Cup that means we won't be going to four or five.

"The twist is we are looking at staging two games back to back in successive weeks to test this support base."

Detroit Lions' receiver Golden Tate scored a 59-yard touchdown

NFL Cheerleaders performed for the Wembley crowd

British girl band Little Mix were part of the pre-show entertainment

The match was played in front of a sell-out crowd in London

Defeat sees the Falcons slip to a sixth defeat in eight games at the halfway stage of the season