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Streller win for Basel against Liverpool

Liverpool became the latest big-name English scalp to be claimed by Basel who capitalised on the Reds' well-known vulnerability at set-pieces.

The Swiss side have beaten Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham in the past four years and added the five-time Champions League winners to that list to move ahead of their opponents in Group B after Marco Streller converted a 53rd-minute corner.

It was not as devastating or catastrophic as their last visit to St Jakob Park 12 years ago when a 3-3 draw -- having been three down at half-time -- sent them crashing out the competition.

Captain Steven Gerrard, the only survivor from 2002, ranked his performance that night as one of his worst and there were a few of his current tea-mates who should

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