Baltimore Ravens win Super Bowl XLVII – in pictures

Joe Flacco, the Super Bowl XLVII MVP, lifts the Lombardi Trophy after leading the Baltimore Ravens to a thrilling 34-31 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. But how did the game unfold? Photograph: Jamie Squire/Getty Images

The 49ers take the field – to California Love by Tupac Shakur Photograph: Jeff Haynes/Reuters

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick orchestrates one last huddle Photograph: Jeff Haynes/Reuters

Touchdown! Ravens 7-0 49ers: A big 3rd & 4 sees Flacco in the shotgun, then hitting Anquan Boldin to opening up the scoring in Super Bowl XLVII! The Ravens QB shows a soft touch, floating it towards the back of the end zone, finding the big target. Tremendous start for the Ravens Photograph: Jamie Squire/Getty Images

Field goal! Ravens 7-3 49ers: Kaepernick can't get six points, so the 49ers settle for three. At the end of the first quarter, it's Baltimore 7-3 San Francisco Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images

Fumble! Kaepernick gets a drive going and goes to James and he spins into space before dropping the ball! There's the first turnover of the game! Huge play! Arthur Jones has it! Photograph: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images

Touchdown! Ravens 14-3 49ers: Flacco celebrates with Jacoby Jones as Dennis Pitta has it in the middle of the end zone. The Ravens make the Niners pay after the fumble! Photograph: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images

Fake field goal! Ravens kicker Justin Tucker runs to the far sideline but is short of the first down by a yard! Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters

Touchdown! Ravens 21-3 49ers: After the 2:00 warning for halftime, Flacco goes for it all and finds it! Jacoby Jones is open, makes the catch, falls down, is untouched, gets up and runs into the end zone! It's a 56-yard strike! Is that it for the 49ers? Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Field goal! Ravens 21-6 49ers: End of first half. San Francisco's David Akers is good from 27 yards out and that will do it for the first half – an exciting and eventful one despite a lopsided scoreline Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters

Half-time show: Beyoncé appears, hands on hips, and stomps down an immense catwalk to belt out Crazy in Love. If you're asking whether she's singing you're missing the point. Photograph: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images

Touchdown! Ravens 28-6 49ers: How about that! Jacoby Jones from the very back of his end zone takes it into San Francisco's, before people are even back in their Superdome seats! That is 109 yards, the longest kick return in NFL history! Photograph: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images

It's 3rd & 13 for the 49ers... and then the lights go out in the dome! No one from CBS is talking, what is going on? No commentary, cut to commercial. We're in for a 30-minute delay... Photograph: Dan Anderson/EPA

Touchdown! Ravens 28-13 49ers: Kaepernick finds Michael Crabtree, who bounces off Bernard Pollard and runs into the end zone! So it's a two-score game now after that 80-yard drive by the kid and his Niners Photograph: Jamie Squire/Getty Images

Touchdown! Ravens 28-20 49ers: Frank Gore runs right and into the end zone thanks to Delanie Walker's amazing block on Ed Reed! How about that? We had a brewing blowout not so long ago and now it's an eight point game! Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Field goal! Ravens 28-23 49ers: Akers misses the kick from 39 yards out but a defender runs into him and is penalized five yards. Akers gets another shot... and gets it! Photograph: Jonathan Bachman/Reuters

Field goal! Ravens 31-23 49ers: Tucker hits a chip shot from 19 out, and the lead is back to eight Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters

Touchdown! Ravens 31-29 49ers: Kaepernick runs down the far sideline, beating everyone for the touchdown! Amazing! The 49ers go for a two-point conversion to tie things up... and don't get it! Photograph: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images

Field goal! Ravens 34-29 49ers: Tucker punches it through from 38 yards after Flacco can't find Pitta on third down. Down to the wire we go in Super Bowl 47! Photograph: Jeff Haynes/Reuters

Safety! Ravens 34-31 49ers: Very well done – the Ravens take the clock down to four ticks. Do the Niners have a miracle in them? Photograph: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images

...no. Ravens 34-31 49ers: Joe Flacco's Baltimore Ravens hold on by the string of their aging defense's teeth to win Super Bowl XLVII! Photograph: Jim Young/Reuters