GERRARD AIKOA LIVERPOOL, YAPATA SARE, YASHUKA EUROPA

Bao la kusawazisha la Liverpool lililofungwa na nahodha Steven Gerrard limeiokoa timu hiyo angalau kwenda kwenye michuano ya Europa.

Iwapo ingepoteza mchezo huo wa Ligi ya Mabingwa jana, ndiyo ingekuwa safari.

Bao hilo limeifanya ibaki angalau kwenye Europa ambako inaonekana eti ni 'saizi' yao kwa sasa.

Liverpool (4-2-3-1): Mignolet 6; Johnson 5.5, Lovren 6, Skrtel 6.5, Jose Enrique 4 (Moreno 45, 5); Allen 5.5, Lucas 5.5 (Coutinho 74); Henderson 5, Gerrard 7, Sterling 5.5; Lambert 5.5 (Markovic 45, 5).

Subs not used: Jones, Sakho, Lallana, Can.

Booked: Lovren, Lucas, Moreno. Sent off: Markovic. 

Goal: Gerrard 80.

Manager: Brendan Rodgers, 5.5 

Basle: Vaclik 6.5; Schar 6, Suchy 6.5, Safari 5.5; Elneny 6 (Diaz 83), Frei 7; Xhaka 7, Zuffi 7.5 (Samuel 88), Gashi 6; Gonzalez 6, Streller 6 (Embolo 74).

Subs not used: Vailati, Degen, Delgado, Hamoudi.

Goal: Frei 25. 

Manager: Paulo Sousa, 6.5.

Referee: Bjorn Kuipers (Holland) 6.

Attendance: 43,290.

Man of the Match: Luca Zuffi. 

Ratings by Joe Bernstein at Anfield