Sweden became the first team to come back to draw from four down against Germany in an extraordinary FIFA World Cup Group C qualifier in Berlin.

For an hour it was a German gala, with Joachim Löw's men leading through two early goals by Miroslav Klose and one each from Per Mertesacker and Mesut Özil. It could have been more, but with 28 minutes left Zlatan Ibrahimović pulled one back and Mikael Lustig, Johan Elmander and – in added time – Rasmus Elm somehow kept Sweden's unbeaten start intact.