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Champions League: Liverpool crash out, Juventus seal last-16 berth
Ten-man Liverpool were masters of their own downfall as they exited the Champions League after coming up short in their must-win encounter at home to Basel.
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Steven Gerrard, 10 years and one day since he rammed home that famous goal against Olympiakos which set them on the path to their fifth European Cup, did his best to change their fate - again - with a late free kick but he needed others to contribute more and they failed.
Trailing to Fabian Frei's 25th-minute goal, the hosts had Lazar Markovic sent off 16 minutes after coming on at half-time for an innocuous flick of the arm. And although a late trademark set-piece goal from the captain raised hopes, they had left themselves too much to do and a 1-1 draw saw them knocked out.
Also, in Liverpool's group, Cristiano Ronaldo surpassed Raul's Champions League goals haul as Real Madrid thumped Ludogorets 4-0 to complete a flawless Group B campaign.
Ronaldo notched his 72nd Champions League strike to overtake Real stalwart Raul's previous competition record, recently eclipsed by Barcelona forward Lionel Messi.
We now hold the historical record for consecutive wins (19) in the history of Spanish football. Amazing! #HalaMadrid pic.twitter.com/LO75PBatB7
— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadriden) December 9, 2014
Brazilian defender Marcelinho's red card for handball gifted Ronaldo the opener from the penalty spot, with Gareth Bale, Alvaro Arbeloa and Alvaro Medran also on target.
Juventus made sure of a place in the knockout rounds with a 0-0 draw at home to Atletico Madrid, which meant Olympiakos' 4-2 win at home to Malmo only earned a place in the Europa League.
Juve enjoyed the better chances of a largely uneventful Group A encounter with last year's finalists, with Arturo Vidal and Paul Pogba both going close to scoring in the second half.
Final standings of the group stage :) #UCL #GoAtleti pic.twitter.com/vzY1dJHDQO
— Atleti English (@atletienglish) December 9, 2014
Olympiakos finished one point behind Juve. David Fuster, Alejandro Dominguez, Kostas Mitroglou and Ibrahim Afellay were on target for the Greek side, while Simon Kroon and Markus Rosenberg netted for Malmo, who lost Enoch Adu to a late red card and finished bottom of the group with just three points.
Monaco remarkably won Group C having scored only four goals in the group stage, half of them coming the 2-0 win at home to Zenit St Petersburg.
Defenders Aymen Abdennour and Fabinho claimed vital second-half goals as Monaco nullified the Zenit threat, before converting two rare chances.
Just as Zenit cranked up the pressure after a goalless first-half, Monaco struck through Abdennour's header. The Russians were unable to recover, and Fabinho capped a late counter-attack to fire home and complete Monaco's unlikely group triumph.
Bayer Leverkusen's 0-0 draw at Benfica allowed the Ligue 1 side to climb above them to the summit.
Meanwhile, Ciro Immobile's second-half goal was enough to make sure Borussia Dortmund finished top of Group D with a 1-1 draw against Anderlecht at the Westfalenstadion.
Jurgen Klopp's men earned the point they needed to stay ahead of second-placed Arsenal on goal difference, while Aleksandar Mitrovic headed home an equaliser after 83 minutes for the visitors, who finished third, ahead of Galatasaray, with six points.
It meant Arsenal needed to win by six to finish first, and while they produced the perfect response to silence their critics with a 4-1 win over Galatasaray in Istanbul, where Aaron Ramsey scored one of the goals of the season, they had to settle for the runners-up spot.
Finished the group on a high, now can't wait for the draw. Seen my 2nd goal back and definitely my best - great facials @Yayasanogoal22 !!
— Aaron Ramsey (@aaronramsey) December 9, 2014
Arsene Wenger had come in for abuse from the London club's own supporters in the aftermath of Saturday's disappointing 3-2 defeat at Stoke, which left them sixth in the Premier League.
However, there was no European hangover as Lukas Podolski and Aaron Ramsey (2) had them cruised at the break -- Ramsey's second was a stunning effort. Wesley Sneijder pulled a goal back for the home side but Podolski restored the three goal lead.
