Watch as Panama celebrate their winning goal with Thierry Henry after securing shock victory over USA | OneFootball

The Panama players celebrated with an unsuspecting Thierry Henry after securing a dramatic late victory over the USA to knock them out of the CONCACAF Nations League.

Substitute Cecilio Waterman struck in the 94th minute to secure a 1-0 victory for Panama to progress to the final of the competition to face Mexico.

And Panama’s players took the opportunity to celebrate with former Arsenal forward Henry, who was sitting pitchside on punditry duty.

They surrounded and hugged Henry, who looked surprised by the attention he was receiving.

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The result comes as a significant blow for the USA and their new boss Mauricio Pochettino ahead of the World Cup in north America next year.

“We are USA,” Pochettino said afterwards. “You cannot win with your shirt, or you cannot win if you play here, there or I don’t know.

“You need to show, and you need to come here and be better and suffer and win the duels and work hard. If not, it’s not going to be enough.

“The way that we approach the game and start the game wasn’t in the right way. That is why I feel so disappointed, and we all feel disappointed. I think in the first half, we played too slow, so comfortable on the pitch. We didn’t show aggression with the ball.

“If you don’t have aggression, it’s impossible because the opponent, [they] know that we are going to play into the feet,” he said. “You are going to play safe. You are not going to take risk.

“If you want to play football, you need to take risks, you need to go forward, you need to win duels, sometime 50-50. That is my goal.”

USA will now face Canada in the third-placed final to compete for the bronze medal as Pochettino aims for a much improved performance to instill some confidence back into the team.