Martin Kaymer spoke about the pressure he felt going into the 16th hole last night.
"[Europe captain] Jose Maria [Olazabal] told me, 'We need your point - and I don't really care how you do it, just deliver!'
"But I like those - that's very straight forward, that's the way we Germans are!"
Kaymer, left out all day on Saturday, was the one to deliver the point Europe required to match the biggest comeback in the Ryder Cup history.
Europe's Justin Rose, who won three of his five Ryder Cup matches, has been tweeting his view of the celebrations at Medinah.
Ian Poulter has tweeted a photo of himself with the Ryder Cup.
Ian Poulter, member of the winning Europe Ryder Cup team, has tweeted that fans words have been 'inspirational'.
I can't thank you all enough your words have been inspirational, the American team were tough this week. #respect. This is for #Seve
From @IanJamesPoulter on Twitter:
What a summer this wraps up: the Olympics, Paralympics, Andy Murray's US Open triumph and the Ryder Cup. Who wants to bet against Europe?
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Europe tonight pulled off a great escape by beating the USA to retain the Ryder Cup.
Read the full storyEurope retained the Ryder Cup after completing an astonishing comeback to grab an unbeatable lead on the final day at Medinah Country Club today.
With one singles match still to be completed, the Europeans ensured they could not be beaten when Germany's Martin Kaymer defeated Steve Stricker one up to give the visitors a 14-13 lead.
As holders, Europe, who started the final day trailling 10-6, only needed to tie the match to retain the Cup they won in Wales two years ago.
A series of nerveless putts by Ian Poulter has kept Europe's hopes of retaining the Ryder Cup alive in Chicago.
But the United States hold a 10-6 lead at the end of the second day at the Medinah Country Club. Sunday's singles will decide the 39th Ryder Cup meeting.
Team Europe golfers Ian Poulter and Justin Rose beat the US's legendary Tiger Woods and Steve Ricker 2&1 in the Ryder Cup.
Brit Poulter's par-saving putt of about 15 feet at the 16th hole allowed the European tandem to clinch their foursomes match at 17 on a cool, breezy day at Medinah Country Club in Illinois, US.
Poulter had enjoyed great success in the Cup competition, with an 8-3-0 record. Two of those losses came against US duos that included Woods.
He said: "Tiger has had two of my three defeats and I never wanted to have another one."
