FC Basel vs Liverpool
Final score
FC Basel and Liverpool drew 3-3 on Tuesday, November 12, 2002 at St Jakob Park. Goals for FC Basel: Juilio Rossi (2'), Christian Gimenez (22') and Timothee Atouba (29'). Goals for Liverpool: Danny Murphy (61'), Vladimir Smicer (64') and Michael Owen (85').
Play by play
- 90'
A brave, brave effort from Liverpool but the UEFA Cup beckons for them now. Basle, with that devastating first-half display, did for them. Liverpool's pressure fell just short. The end of their Champions League campaign.
- 90'
Smicer wins a free-kick. Riise will take an inswinger....a scramble and Tum can clear. Throw-in. Lobbed in for Hyypia...no, no more chance for Liverpool - it's all over!
- 90'
Ball back with Dudek - the wrong end. Liverpool chasing the ball but being frustated. Whose nerve will crack?
- 90'
Tum beats Traore. And is fouled. Time will be wasted here. Cantaluppi takes. The ball is held in the corner.
- 90'
Basle win a free-kick. Liverpool desperate now.
- 90'
Four minutes to be added on. The crowd boos.
- 89'
Murphy takes and keeper Zubi is stopped in his tracks. Basle will make a substitution. Hakan comes off for George Koumantarakis.
- 88'
Hakan Yakin had a chance to break. Hyypia stops him. Baros's cross is hacked away. Haas concedes a corner.
- 87'
Riise gets a chance to cross. Murphy has to tackle back. Tum gets back to chase.
- 86'
Smicer gets a shot in. Murat heads away.
- 86'
Murphy's flick can't get to Baros. Zubi claims. Ergic at the other end is run out by Dudek. What a game!
- 85'
Corner to Liverpool. Diao's header at Zubi. He catches.
- 85'
He steps up to take it and Zubi saves. But Owen volleys home to equalise. 3-3. Winner takes all!
- 84'
Owen cuts in and the ball comes off Murat's hand. Owen claims a penalty and is given it.
- 83'
Time for Basle to claim their cool. Long free-kick from Murat.
- 81'
Tum can't get to it. Baros breaks but can't keep the ball in.
- 80'
Ergic gets a loose ball, runs at the defence, beats two men and smashes at goal. Dudek's head stops it going in. Corner.
- 80'
Diouf gets an instant chance to do something. He can only knock it into a Basle defender. Tum had a chance to run but Traore again tackles well.
- 79'
El Hadj Diouf comes on to replace Carragher. Attack, attack, attack.
- 78'
Murat Yakin clears. Haas loses out to Owen. Cantaluppi is tackled. Baros gets a chance. He fires wide and high.
- 77'
Herve Tum gets a chance to run at Traore but the Frenchman comes across well to rob him. Diao, at the other end, slips and Basle could clear.
- 75'
Hakan Yakin fouls Hyypia. Rossi is taken off for Cameroon's Herve Tum - another striker.
- 73'
Atouba holds of Baros in the corner. Liverpool need to gamble to chase that goal.
- 73'
Carragher's cross finds Smicer's chest. Murat Yakin clears. Rossi chases down the other end and cuts across to shoot. Dudek gets his palm to it to make a vital save.
- 72'
Cantaluppi runs the ball out of play. Liverpool chase the equaliser. They take their time. Passing across the back. Baros is thwarted.
