2001 World Cup Qualifier Germany v ENGLAND

‘BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER’

Michael Owen’s hat-trick crowned a memorable 5-1 victory for Sven-Goran Eriksson’s England in Munich, where the German national side had not suffered defeat since 1973. David Beckham, Steven Gerrard and Rio Ferdinand were all in the team that righted one or two painful wrongs at German hands on a September night that just got ‘better and better and better’.