Eugene YS Han compiles some of the quote-worthy comments about Thierry Henry and his infamous handball (twice!).

"I think the supporters deserve better, the manager (Giovanni Trapattoni) deserves better and probably most of the players deserve better, but I'm not sure the FAI deserve better. What goes around comes around."
Roy Keane on Sky Sports

"I cannot comment on the game itself but life must go on and I hope I will survive this too."
Under-fire referee Martin Hansson told Swedish regional radio channel Radio Blekinge.

"What a tragic missed opportunity. What a chance to be a hero Henry had - not to his home country but to the whole game."
Former Ireland international Tony Cascarino told The Times

"What shocks me the most is that this player, at the end of the game, in front of the TV cameras, went to sit down next to an Ireland player to comfort him - when he had just screwed him."
Eric Cantona - The Sun

"I honestly didn't think Thierry meant it. I know him as a player and a person. He's a good person and a great player. It's a shame to see Ireland go out because they have such great fans but these things happen in football."
David Beckham picks his side.

"You can't blame him for carrying on. If the referee doesn't see it, I just think it is the system which is at fault. So many goals are given that weren't goals, this is just one more. I am surprised that this type of error can occur in football."
Tennis number one Roger Federer defends his friend

"Plenty of sportsmen along the way have bent the rules in their favour. It was probably the second touch that was the one that irked everyone."
Ireland captain Brian O'Driscoll told the Irish Independent

"I don't know if I want to say that football has lost some of its credibility, but it is ugly for a thousand different reasons and we'll be talking about this for a long time to come."
Italy coach Marcello Lippi

"It's particularly galling that the French have always criticised us for our football affairs, but I think they're in no position to lecture us on fair play now."
Italy and Juventus captain Fabio Cannavaro

And the instigator of it all ...

"Of course the fairest solution would be to replay the game but it is not in my control. There is little more I can do apart from admit that the ball had contact with my hand leading up to our equalising goal and I feel very sorry for the Irish. I have said at the time and I will say again that, yes, I handled the ball.

"I am not a cheat and never have been. It was an instinctive reaction to a ball that was coming extremely fast in a crowded penalty area. People are viewing a slowmotion version of what happened and not what I or any other footballer faces in the game. If people look at it in full speed you will see that it was an instinctive reaction. It is impossible to be anything other than that."
Thierry Henry - from Hero to Zero