UEFA Champions League: Basel through as Gerrard heroics come too late to save Liverpool

Gerrard curled the ball into the top corner with eight minutes remaining to cancel out Fabian Frei's rasping first-half drive, but the Premier League side, who had been reduced to 10 men following the second half sending off of Lazar Markovic, could not find the crucial winner.

 

Barring their late flurry, it was a largely a dismal home performance from Liverpool who finished third in Group B on five points, two adrift of second place Basel.

 

Liverpool, whose poor start to the season shows no sign of improving, will now drop into the demanding Europa League.  — Reuters