Johnson, repeatedly taunted with a derogatory song regarding his accuracy that became commonplace during England´s 2010-11 Ashes series win in Australia.
It appeared to get to the left-arm quick, who aborted his run-up for one delivery and then bowled from well behind the crease before he was taken off.
“I don’t think the pitch was 140 all out but the way Jimmy (Anderson) bowled, backed up by Steve (Finn) was fantastic. It’s the sort of pitch we want to play on,” said Cook.
But whereas that clash had taken place on a largely placid pitch, the course of this Test owed much to Clarke´s decision to bat first on a seaming surface offering sideways movement.
“I guess credit has to go to England, they came out and bowled really well on day one,” said Clarke.
“I still would have batted first, with the wicket deteriorating, we wanted to get deep into day four, day five,” he added.
James Anderson, England´s all-time most successful Test bowler but wicketless at Lord´s, led the way with an Ashes-best six for 47 as Australia were dismissed for just 136 in their first innings.
However, come Friday, he had been ruled out of both the remainder of this match and next week´s fourth Test at Trent Bridge with a side strain suffered while bowling on Thursday.
An England and Wales Cricket Board statement issued Friday confirmed that, following an overnight assessment, he had suffered a side strain.
“England bowler James Anderson has been ruled out of remainder of the current Investec Ashes Test with a side strain,” the statement said.
Australia resumed Friday on 168 for seven, 23 runs ahead and the two not out batsmen overnight, Peter Nevill and Starc, both went on to make fifties and shared an eighth-wicket stand of 64 that boosted Australia´s second innings total to 265 all out.
England fast bowler Steven Finn led the attack with his best figures at this level of six for 79.
Starc´s straight six off spinner Moeen Ali gave Australia a lead of 100 before Ali ended the innings when he had Starc caught in the covers.
Score Board
Australia won toss
Australia 1st innings 136 (Rogers 52; Anderson 6-47)
England 1st innings 281 (Root 63; N Lyon 3-36)
Australia 2nd innings
C Rogers lbw b Broad 6
D Warner c Lyth b Anderson 77
S Smith c Buttler b Finn 8
M Clarke c Lyth b Finn 3
A Voges c Bell b Finn 0
M Marsh b Finn 6
P Nevill c Buttler b Finn 59
M Johnson c Stokes b Finn 14
M Starc c sub (Poysden) b Ali 58
J Hazlewood c Root b Stokes 11
N Lyon not out 12
Extras (b2, lb9) 11
Total (all out, 79.1 overs) 265
Fall: 1-17, 2-62, 3-76, 4-76, 5-92, 6-111, 7-153, 8-217, 9-245, 10-265
Bowling: Anderson 8.3-5-15-1; Broad 20-4-61-1; Finn 21-3-79-6; Ali 16.1-3-64-1; Stokes 11-3-28-1; Root 2.3-0-7-0;
England 2nd innings
A Lyth lbw b Hazlewood 12
A Cook b Starc 7
I Bell not out 65
J Root not out 38
Extras (w2) 2
Total (2 wkts, 32.1 overs) 124
Did not bat: J Bairstow, B Stokes, J Buttler, M Ali, S Broad, S Finn, J Anderson
Fall: 1-11, 2-51
Bowling: Starc 6-1-33-1 (2w); Hazlewood 7-0-21-1; Lyon 11-1-52-0; Johnson 7-3-10-0; Marsh 1.1-0-8-0
Result: England won by 8 wickets
Series: England lead five-match series 2-1
Man of the Match: S T Finn (England)
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan), Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand). TV umpire: Marais Erasmus (South Africa). Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)