What was your favourite moment last night?

Despite the excellent goals scored, I have to say mine was when Steven Gerrard - what a player! - took the urine out of Harmoan near the end by nutmegging him, and then almost doing it again immediately.

I utterly detest that spineless, arrogant, untrustworthy, whinging, beaky German git - and just roared with approval.

My least favourite moment(s) were the England fans chanting the Dam-Busters March - humorous possibly, but utterly tasteless.

-- Anonymous, September 02, 2001

Answers

The look on Hamman's face when he gave the free kick away near the end. He was livid. Poor lad. Just wait till he gets back to training !

-- Anonymous, September 02, 2001

Best moment was when the German fans started to walk out of the stadium in their masses, reminds me of certain English football fans. It may seem a bit strange as the best moment, but I thought it was great.

Other than that, the shot of the scoreboard with Germany 1 England 5 on it was very pleasing to the eye.

-- Anonymous, September 02, 2001

It was a bit like the Man U 5-0 with the fans walking out

-- Anonymous, September 03, 2001

I quite liked Reidy's crack about being glad they weren't playing Liverpool this weekend.

The build up to Heskey's goal was the highlight for me.

-- Anonymous, September 03, 2001

Agree about the best moment - Gerrard taking the piss out of Harmoan - and did you catch it when an interviewer asked him about it immediately after the game? Perfectly innocent face with a 'dunno what you're on about guv' expression. Wish I could be there next time the L'pool boys are together.

-- Anonymous, September 03, 2001

I've just spent the last ????? translating this article from "Das Bild" (The German equivalent of The Sun):

Ballack and Deisler: Total failures against England

Basti: “We have canceled the Fantasy”.

(Picture of Ferdinand towering over Deisler) As with this duel our number 10 could only look up to the superior Englishmen.

Sebastian Deisler (21) and Michael Ballack (24) were already pre- booked on the guest list of Munich's Nobel Disco P1. But after this debacle our young stars crawled away to their hotel, outplayed and disenchanted by the Englishmen.

Sorry, but in Basti, we (until further notice) cancel the “Fantasy”. The 15th International match of Deisler was the worst: “Yes, I played badly. That was not really my day”. Two “Blackouts” the Berliner committed: First the catastrophic back pass to Oliver Kahn, then he fluffed his shot when he should have made it 2:1. Deisler: ”I simply didn’t get hold of the ball correctly, perhaps I snatched at the shot.”

From then on everything passed the playmaker by. Had the ambitious Deisler put too much pressure on himself? The bitter truth is much closer: Deisler is not yet ripe, in large battles, to lead the team and dictate play.

Also disappointing was Michael Ballack: After the Leverkusener had set up the 1:0, he seemed to be swallowed by the ground. He emerged only once, when he lost the ball in midfield to make it 1:4. The only excuse was that Ballack was short of fitness following his broken toe. It had been injected before (the match). But should he then have played at all? He himself refused to answer this, marching immediately to the team bus after the lamentable game.

Against England powerboy Steven Gerrard (21), driving Paul Scholes (26) and Mister “magic foot” David Beckham, Deisler & Ballack played like schoolboys.

Leverkusen manager Reiner Calmund: “Sometimes one must allow the two a bad performance”. Maybe he’s right, but did it have to happen, of all days, in the international match of the year?

-- Anonymous, September 03, 2001

In the same paper, Another great headline:

Oh Shit, was that good!

A cry went through Germany (12,4 million watched the game) : Oh Shit, is that good! Wonderboy Michael Owen (21): three chance, three Goals – His deadly quota against Oliver Kahn.

-- Anonymous, September 03, 2001

I was browsing the Frankfurter Allgemeine, one of their better papers, and they had some interesting articles basically going on about the obsession we have with Germany, football-wise and generally, and our inability to forget WW2 etc and the disappearance of our Empire. Actually very fairly written and even understanding rather than critical of our attitude. The overall hope was that this victory would allow the ghosts to be dispelled and the past forgotten. Sorry I can't translate the whole thing, I don't have the time, but it's on www.FAZ.de for those that speak the lingo

-- Anonymous, September 03, 2001

Funniest moment:

BBC1 commentary: "This looks like being England's biggest win over Germany since the war"....(Ooops!)

-- Anonymous, September 03, 2001

Woops - missed the pearl ML#3. Must have been Motty?

-- Anonymous, September 03, 2001

Certainly was! :o>

-- Anonymous, September 03, 2001