Click here for all the big match stats from our brilliant Match Zone service It is as if football’s fates are conspiring to torment Steven Gerrard in his remaining years. They show him the prize, let him glimpse the glory and then snatch it away. That title slip, a wretched World Cup as England captain, and now this, possibly his last appearance in the Champions League, able to do so much, but not enough. No single player worked harder to drag Liverpool into the last 16 than Gerrard. It was not to be. Maybe it never will be again.
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Liverpool out of the Champions League and in to the Europa League after finishing third in Group B
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A win would have sent the Reds through and Basle knew a draw would be enough for them
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Fabian Frei gave Basle a first-half lead before substitute Lazar Markovic was sent off for Liverpool
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Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard scored a sublime free-kick late on but they could not find the winner
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Basle's Luca Zuffi Sportsmail's man of the match. Gerrard Liverpool's best player on the night
@placeholder's goal was a well worked team move involving six passes.