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'It Made Me Immortal': How Does It Feel to Score a Title-Winning Goal?

Oliver Kahn wasn't ready to give up.

It was the 90th minute of Bayern Munich's game at Hamburg on the final day of the 2000-01 Bundesliga season, and the visitors had just gone 1-0 down to a Sergej Barbarez header.

With title rivals Schalke winning 5-3 at home to SpVgg Unterhaching, the Bundesliga shield looked set to be ripped from Bayern's hands. The Bavarians needed only a point to take the title, but Barbarez's goal left Schalke top of the table on goal difference. Haunting memories of Bayern's stoppage-time collapse against Manchester United in the UEFA Champions League final two years earlier loomed large.