The Minnesota Vikings denied Dillon Gabriel victory on his first NFL start as they snatched a 21-17 win over the Cleveland Browns at Tottenham.
Rookie Gabriel replaced veteran Joe Flacco as Cleveland’s starting quarterback in midweek and his second touchdown pass helped the Browns into a 17-14 lead late in the third quarter.
Cleveland still led by three as Minnesota got the ball back with three minutes left in the first of this year’s three NFL games in London.
But after almost fighting back in last week’s 24-21 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Dublin, the Vikings again showed great character.
With 25 seconds left, quarterback Carson Wentz found Jordan Addison in the corner of the end zone to put Minnesota in front.
Cleveland were unable to pull off a rescue act at the death so the Vikings celebrated a morale-boosting victory in front of 61,082 fans at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Sunday’s victory also meant the Vikings avoided back-to-back international defeats as they became the first NFL team to play two games in a foreign country in the same season.
More to follow.
