Quiz! Can you name the England line-up that beat Germany 5-1 in 2001?

Just one remarkable thing about this truly astonishing scoreline is that Germany were actually 1-0 up after six minutes. Given that in the first qualifying fixture beween these sides, Germany had beat England 1-0 causing Kevin Keegan to resign in a Wembley toilet, the omens were not great.

However all going one-up in this game did for Germany was to awaken The Beast and spark a deluge of goals as England tore the home side apart. Naturally English fans still have fond memories of this result 16 years, while all Germany have to comfort themselves is their status as reigning World Champions. The losers.

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Alex Reid

Alex Reid is a freelance journalist and the former digital features editor at FourFourTwo. He has also written for the Guardian, talkSPORT, Boxing News and Sport magazine. Like most Londoners, he is a lifelong supporter of Aberdeen FC. He is deceptively bad in the air for a big man. He has never been a cage fighter.