Germany 1-5 England | Full Match | World Cup Qualifier 2001 | ReLions

Throwback to an incredible night in Three Lions history, as Michael Owen's hat-trick helped stun Germany away in Munich. Emile Heskey was on the scoresheet too, as was Steven Gerrard with his first goal for England.
England's line-up: Seaman, Neville, Campbell, Ferdinand, Cole, Beckham, Scholes, Gerrard, Barmby, Owen, Heskey
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[@dilipchakraborti9379]

Iconic result for us, loved rewatching this. Whatever people's opinion about Sven, I don't that would have come with the expectations of whatever English manager we might have had instead at that time. RIP Sven. Was interesting to see though, Thomas Linke going off around minute 25 with what we would definitely treat as a possible concussion now. How many times does that come up now as a complete no go to let a player carry on when they've actively indicated they've felt woozy after a clash and seen performances affected because of it.

[@bocjagne2878]

For me, this is the greatest England performance of all time bar none. And the way they were passing it around near the end was just incredible.

[@bhadshakhanaa]

Ze English blitzkregd deutschland

[@philippeh3904]

Gerrard goal and interception/assist for the fourth goal is exceptional.

[@cristiangarciamontalvo3257]

1:13:36 Meanwhile on BBC, John Motson: "Oooooh, this is getting better and better and better! One, two, three for Michael Owen! England lead 4-1 in Germany".

[@sayakmajumdar7669]

Beckham was a great passer, his passes and assists were Excellent

[@melmortimer1545]

I thought ..having watched quite a few late 90s to mid 00s...Scholes..Owen.....are my two favourite player s..... Melanie 33

[@bobbydylanio]

Beckham was absolutely immense, and the best passer of the ball I've ever seen, and he chases everything and they play through him and he is a legendary free kick taker. Surely the best English footballer ever.

[@SNP-1999]

I agree ! I have never seen a better player since I started watching football in the 1966 World Cup. His passes were legendary, precise and on the man even over 30 - 40 meters - and his free kicks and goals were always spectacular. For me the best England player of all time.

[@charlesdavall4474]

Paul Scholes would disagree.

[@dondamon4669]

Can’t tell if being sarcastic or not? Coz was a great player and don’t get credit he deserves but he’s clearly not best ever

[@grahamhavercroft4203]

Watched this game in a bar in Spain Happy memories!

[@emreilgaz3701]

Thanks for giving us a full match

[@djaikniffsta]

Fair play the fans in full voice, don't stop the whole match 👏

[@SamBamPlays]

As if this game wasn't memorable enough, Pierluigi was managing it 👌🏻

[@harrytwood]

What a game this was for an England fan , one of England's best games in the 21st century so far. :D

[@vs6300]

It was a very confused match due to lack of any percievable gameplan by Erikson, only lucky to win, and only lucky to reach semifinals of WC merely by throwing in superstars on the pitch and expecting results..

[@Darth-Malgus498]

@@vs6300 they reached quarter finals and got knocked out by Brazil

[@matthewburns9911]

Arguably the 2-0 win in 2021 is now the current best performance against Germany in the 21st Century.

[@Darth-Malgus498]

@@matthewburns9911 yep or this match

[@harrytwood]

@@matthewburns9911 I agree, I wasn't expecting it tbh. 👍🏻

[@Athinakap30]

RIP Sven

[@riverred6671]

HT and the commentary is superb… “its 1-1 and its the England game”… “went down like a sack of potatoes”… “mine was Bobby Charlton.. I think he’s retired now”. Pricless … LOL.

[@applemask]

He was a stand-up comic as well as a commentator.

[@riverred6671]

Great timing.. great game and great result… COE!!!!!!!

[@HR-od9fl]

Owen was lethal 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@rickyraw5457]

For England Beckham was always a lion.....

[@willisianturi1499]

To date, the England national team has won 3 times against Germany in competitive events: 1. England 4-2 West Germany (World Cup 1966) 2. England 1-0 Germany (Euro 2000) 3. England 2-0 Germany (Euro 2020)

[@darthdmc]

Remember watching it live, and England played L-R in first half

[@matthewpemble6525]

Different camera angle. Bbc coverage the way you say

[@brettlawton9513]

Yes, BBC coverage had England going left to right first half. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d16xYaCnZaeSbdU

[@Ayoung2028]

@@matthewpemble6525it’s reversed for copyright reasons

[@Ernest_Thesiger]

Most people have probably forgotten this now but FIFA did England a massive favour and probably made this result possible the day before this game when, with three group games still to be played, they suddenly announced that they'd made the draw for the play-offs behind closed doors and that the runners-up in England's group would play Ukraine or Belarus in the play-offs. I remember England fans and, I'm sure, players too were worried about how hard the play-offs would be if we didn't win this game, so it came as a great relief to know that, worst case scenario, we'd only have to beat Ukraine to get to the World Cup. That meant we went into this game in a pretty relaxed mood, knowing that defeat wouldn't be a disaster.

[@DlZZEE]

Played ukraine again this yr

[@dondamon4669]

Before Lampard came along and ruined it! We had strikers didn’t need Lampard!

[@adilsomtavares1256]

Gerrard 😍

[@BarkatLb]

Michael Owen ❤ balon dorr winner😊

[@bradsswinton]

the FA should play this before we play them in 2021 ;-

[@georgemacpherson1992]

What’s funny is that prior to this we smashed them in two world wars.

[@nige5902]

Unfortunately for us

[@FreeThinkAlways]

We? What did you do?

[@sonofgenghis9340]

LEGENDARY PERFORMANCE 😅

[@liemphan6301]

The English don't have many highlights in their history, so this one has to be their greatest achievement in football, this is their world cup final. Even their only international trophy is a fluke one with the phantom goal. It's ironic that Germany lost this match 5-1 but went on all the way to the world cup final, despite they were in the transitional period. England is the most overhyped football team in the world.

[@Ernest_Thesiger]

Germany only got to the final in 2002 because they were lucky enough to be given an easy set of fixtures. They played Saudi Arabia, Ireland(who they drew with), Cameroon, Paraguay(who they only beat 1-0 via a late goal), The USA(who they only beat 1-0) and South Korea(who they beat 1-0 via a very late goal). Yes, I'm well aware that England only got to the semi-finals at the last World Cup because they were lucky enough to be given an easy set of fixtures!

[@dface6447]

How A cole didn't see RED in this match is beyond me😂 but hey being an LFC fan (England too) who gives a F....K Germany 1 LFC 5 YNWA PS our Emile Heskey YNWA was a warrior 💪 in this match 9.8/10 never stopped/flick ons/runs to open space/defensive work rate and just general all around forward play👍,he DESERVED his goal!

[@richthomas2440]

Lowkey annoying that the FA persist without original commentary on certain games.

[@harrytwood]

On the BBC coverage on the DVD of this game I've got the commentary was done by the legend John Motson who was excellent.

[@dennisporter-avis7576]

This is the Original Commentary for the World Feed

[@brettlawton9513]

@Rich Thomas I completely agree with you. In case you didn't find it kzbin.info/www/bejne/d16xYaCnZaeSbdU

[@jamesfinch9642]

hopefully we have a replay of this in the euros

[@Alvraf]

2-0 alright for you?

[@Millennial_Mike]

This was a dream game.

[@japeking1]

Thanks....bit of a lockdown reviver.... now to get on with some work.

[@adamw2911]

Probably Gerrard's peak as an England player. For such a talented individual he never really showed it for England in my opinion.

[@bjorn7100]

I'm not English and quite young (was four at the time) but from what I've heard that's true and not only Gerrard but more or less for all of them?

[@luun7671]

it's 2020 and' i'm still waiting to control Heskey's first touch...

[@JamesBouault]

Interestingly, this wasn't the main camera view that evening, that showed the match live in the UK. The live BBC coverage of the match, with John Motson commentating (RIP Motty) was filmed from the otherside of the stadium, with UK Sponsor boards showing along the side of the pitch. This is the German footage / camera position being used in this video. It's a shame that many of these look-back videos of famous old football matches use commentary that has been re-done, wasn't there at the time. John Motson also did the commentary live for the BBC for the 2001 FA Cup Final at Cardiff, that memorable commentary from him when Owen scored the winner. And yet, the re-done footage has another commentator, (actually i think it's the same guy who's re-done this commentary) who wasn't there at the time. It's a shame because for me, John Motson's live commentary on these moments are as special as the moments themselves, they are part of history of the game, and sadly they've now been removed from that history. Real shame. Rest in peace John Motson.

[@johnhehir508]

England terrible defending, cost them a world cup quarter final, while Germany went on to the world cup final 2002

[@marlbear]

Heskey was the greatest

[@vickysefton4958]

Love you unspeakable

[@willisianturi1499]

1 September 2001: Germany 1-5 England (World Cup Qualifiers). England won a landslide victory over Germany 5-1 in Munich, Germany.

[@jaikee9477]

As we say in Germany, even a blind chicken picks a grain at times ... ok, 5 in this case. 😊 Nonetheless, Gerrard was a fantastic player and character!

[@johndavidbeckett9260]

That was on the same weekend of the I'm so Excited from the Pointer Sisters song

[@sophieschollsreinkarnation5078]

I remember that time when Germany couldn't beat any other big football nation in the regular playtime for years! I think it went from 1996 till 2010. (friendlies and joke matches like the Confederation Cup not counted)

[@Sharmarke-ns3bo]

Germany WC 2002: 2.Place WC 2006: 3.Place WC 2010: 3.Place

[@jamesmason8436]

@@Sharmarke-ns3bo 2002 Germany didn't beat any big footballing nations. 2006 they only beat Argentina aet and penalties. He said until 2010, so mentioning 2010 is irrelevant. They did beat Portugal at Euro 2008, though.

[@jamesmason8436]

Flattering that you call my England a big footballing nation. We haven't beaten a top footballing nation in a tournament since 2002 (Argentina). And don't get me started on our overall KO record, which is abysmal since '66.

[@szewei85]

Haha it should be 1996-2002.

[@brianticas7671]

This was England's last golden squad. After this they were average. This game was also Owen's last hurrah for England. After this he went into decline.

[@willisianturi1499]

History Today (September 1) 1 September 2001: Germany 1-5 England (World Cup Qualification). England won a landslide victory over Germany 5-1 in Munich, Germany.

[@tomrichards4956]

Looking back at these old games you realise how poor the quality of football used to be... England won 5-1, but for 90% of the game couldn't string two passes together... The current side would hammer Beckham et al 7-0...

[@real5901]

u crazy look at the fifth goal.......and i dont even like England

[@SimBir08]

Heskey was so bad, he only got in the England squad because he played for Liverpool. Strong on the ball apparently, but lost possesion almost everytime he had the ball.

[@Delboy0]

This England team should have really at least made the world cup final during their time, but the amateurism of the FA meant they kept hiring mediocre coaches meaning a team full of top class players always under-performed.They wasted the golden generation a mediocre chancer like Sven. This tradition continues today with Southgate who blew two semi-finals England should have won.

[@harrytwood]

I agree, it's crazy that an England team that included the likes of Dele Alli, Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling, made it to a World Cup semi final over an England team that included the likes of David Beckham, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard, It was great that we did that at the 2018 World Cup but on paper that golden generation team of the mid 2000s did look better but were managed by very average managers.

[@Delboy0]

@@harrytwood I think you are being really harsh on this current generation of England players. I think the current England team actually have more depth of quality players than the Golden generation. Yes the golden generation had once in a generation talent like Gerrard, Scholes, Ashley Cole, Rooney, Ferdinand, Campbell and Terry , but I'm not sure the more limited players in Beckham, Owen, Heskey, Mills, Barry, Neville and even Lampard would get into the current team. England have fast players who can cross like Beckham so a slow Beckham would not get into the team. I think TAA, AWB, Shaw and Chilwell are much better quality than most of the full-backs of the golden Generation. Ali might not be as consistent as Lampard but he most skilful than Lampard was. Sterling has a speed and dribbling ability that the golden generation never had now England had 4 or 5 number 10s with speed and creativity.

[@seanrowley5981]

Gerrard didn't go to that world cup through injury, and players were played out of position throughout the world cups and euro2004 under sven, a defensive style of play with that attack just didn't go down well at all

[@BoqPrecision]

@@harrytwood I think the competition was more fierce at that era, too many teams better than England, including this German side. But ironically, England 1998-2002 would dominate any team today, including France.

[@bencraughwell3057]

How didn't this team win anything??

[@szewei85]

Haha sad and still sad

[@samcovington4328]

19 years ago today this game

[@robjohnson8214]

Is it just me or does this field seem exceptionally narrow?

[@george8660]

58:20 bit dodgy mate

[@jamesmason8436]

The 'blondy' thing? Thought the same, but the world was a little different even back then I guess. Ironic nicknames didn't cause offence in the way they do now.

[@mainsmain]

German banter

[@mrmystery9965]

19:15 That’s a straight red if I ever saw one lol.

[@jamesmason8436]

Not back in 2001.

[@Alphoric]

We’re such much better now

[@VinhNguyen-wg2lu]

Owen number one

[@UdomkarnChitkul]

The best England squad.

[@alepro9662]

Collina top fresh mafiafootball

[@harrymay1630]

Far too many adverts

[@patdaly9015]

5-1 and even Heskey scored

[@OkHipHopChile]

Why the free kick in 29:43? It's a old norm? And why in the area? lol

[@richfeddersen5173]

Well done to England, no denying it. Although hardly a stellar German side, a lot of forgettable players, apart from Ballack and Oliver "insanity" Khan, who may have dropped some LSD prior to kick off judging by the way he played at times. Then Germany get to the 2002 final. England have all the talent, just need that tournament mentality.

[@melmortimer1545]

I agree to a point ...but after hearing..many of my elder members of the family ..they say he should never had won over 100 caps ...it was the name that got him into the side ...and coming on as a sub .. shouldn't count ...I don't know ...Reg the sub thingi feel if u come onto the pitch ..ofplay u have represented your country .. Melanie 33...❤️🤍💙 ...💚💛

[@liamwilliams2827]

VAR would of killed this game. Ashley Cole two awful tackles he got away with.

[@unidan75]

VAR would have ruled maradonas goal a handball in '86 we all have to live with it

[@Ruweidanagib]

Hii mechi kufanyika baada ya kuwanyima Liverpool tv ya 2001 epl ni dalili ali chiraghdin Jr ataoa mpira wa Liverpool at a vital time Jana anniuliza 1+1=11 na nkambashiria the best footballer in Africa tukizungumzia champions league

[@franciscodestefanis8817]

6:50

[@Ruweidanagib]

Two fouls comitted on by germany no. 10 handball and push on england no. 10 ni mwenye kulia ni Mtumzima si twalibu

[@dennismichealsm3786]

Yet Germany reached the final of those world cup and England got knocked out In the quarter finals as usual

[@johnhualnam1081]

Don't mention the goals, it not exciting as it's supposed to be..!!!😋 🎸 💪😷

[@fannymunchkin2638]

49:14

[@Ayoung2028]

The game is the wrong way round 🤔

[@szewei85]

Haha nice. This team should have beaten Brazil. Period.

[@pauloliver1035]

Great, but for God's sake lose the blue and red patterned background it's awful and destracting

[@archstanton6102]

I was there.

[@kingkane1051]

me too

[@Ruweidanagib]

1/11/2001 ni thungu Ana msemo wa 1+1=11 yeye ndo jealous

[@pakistanzindabad5008]

Probably the only game Oliver Kahn conceded 5 goals in a game

[@BoqPrecision]

He conceded 4 against Brazil in 1999 Confederations Cup

[@TheRafaelBond]

@@BoqPrecision why are you telling us this?

[@BoqPrecision]

@@TheRafaelBond "why are you telling us this?: Some free advice for you: "Never assume yourself to be a spokesman for anyone besides yourself". Now go apply it in the real world and scram.

[@jordis5789]

Long time ago😂

[@k.n6914]

When’s match is this?

[@VinhNguyen-wg2lu]

2001

[@Ruweidanagib]

10 1-0+1-0=1-1 ni Nani jealous baina Mimi na thungu Thungu apenda Liverpool amthukia owen

[@abzykm]

.

[@socks07]

This is my pe hw 😂😂

[@Uncle_Barry]

Ncfc 2o2o same 😂😂😂

[@slowbiker]

same ahahahaha

[@williamolder6324]

这支德国队最后拿了世界杯亚军

[@zahramashitah2272]

Its friendly not qualy

[@extremathule982]

England, LOL....🤣🤣

[@lewisfootball4926]

First

[@DavidLimofLimReport]

RIP Sven