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BASEL, Switzerland - Basel beat Liverpool 1-0 on Wednesday to extend its exceptional record against English clubs in the Champions League.Veteran forward Marco Streller pounced on a loose ball in the goalmouth in the 52nd minute to earn the Swiss champions first Group B points after a 5-1 loss at Real Madrid.Basel is now unbeaten in seven matches against English opposition in the competitions group stage a€” a run started 12 years ago when it advanced ahead of Liverpool.It was a perfect evening, said Basel coach Paulo Sousa, hailing a win against an historic club like Liverpool.Liverpools best effort was Mario Balotellis swerving, 60th-minute free kick from 30 metres (yards) which was blocked awkwardly by goalkeeper Tomas Vaslik.I thought we were too soft all over the pitch, Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard said, adding his team didnt deserve anything.Madrid leads the group after winning 2-1 at newcomer Ludogorets Razgrad. The Bulgarian champion also lost 2-1 at Liverpool two weeks ago.Liverpool owed that victory to a stoppage-time penalty, and the five-time champion never looked like winners in Basel.I thought we were second best at times tonight, Gerrard said. I think they are an OK team, but I wouldnt say we were blown off the park or that they were fantastic.Streller, the Basel captain, and new coach Sousa joined in a leaping embrace at the final whistle.The 33-year-old forward also scored the decisive goal in a 2-1 win at Chelsea last season, which the Swiss club followed up with a 1-0 victory at St. Jakob-Park. Basel started its recent run of upset victories against English visitors by eliminating Manchester United with a 2-1 win in a December 2011 group-stage match.On Wednesday, Streller was ideally placed to take advantage of the unlucky Mignolets second excellent save within a minute.After the Liverpool keeper dived low to his left to push away Ahmed Hamoudis shot, the resulting corner was deflected toward goal and he could only parry the ball to Streller.Basel goalkeeper Vaslik was more fortunate when he pushed out Balotellis free kick, as a follow-up shot by Lazar Markovic was blocked by defender Fabian Schaer.Gerrard had a free kick in the 85th but this time Vaslik caught the ball cleanly.An incident in the first half could put Basel in further trouble with UEFA while it is serving two years of probation for fan disorder last season.Referee Jonas Eriksson briefly stopped play in the 26th minute to carry what appeared to be a used firework from the pitch.UEFA could apply sanctions when Basel next plays at home, against Ludogorets on Nov. 4. 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They take a toll mentally on their opponents.ROME - Pep Guardiolas Bayern Munich lineup is finally starting to resemble his Barcelona team that revolutionized football not too long ago.Arjen Robben scored twice as Bayern routed Roma 7-1 on Tuesday for a club-record away win in the Champions League, showing the German club is once again among the favourites to take the title.Having taken target practice in a 6-0 rout of Werder Bremen at the weekend, it was more of the same from Bayern early on at the Stadio Olimpico with five goals in the first half.It seemed like watching Barcelona again, with small, rapid players running all over the place, Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi said.Robben put the 2013 champion ahead nine minutes in with an expertly curled shot from a tough angle, before Germanys World Cup hero Mario Goetze doubled the lead in the 23rd and Robert Lewandowski made it 3-0 in the 25th.Again taking advantage of poor defence from Ashley Cole, Robben scored his second goal on the half-hour and then Thomas Mueller added a penalty in the 35th after Kostas Manolas was whistled for a handball at the edge of the area.Gervinho pulled one back for Roma in the 66th, 10 minutes after hitting the post, but then substitutes Franck Ribery and Zherdan Shaqiri added more goals for Bayern.Bayerns previous biggest away win in the Champions League was a 5-0 victory at Sporting Lisbon in the first knockout round in 2009.Guardiola took over Bayern last season and, although he secured the Bundesliga title, his club lost on 5-0 aggregate to Real Madrid in the Champions League semifinals.Last season we had the legs but not the mindset, Guardiola said. We needed to decide things a split-second quicker and now were doing that.The transfer of midfielder Xabi Alonso from Real Madrid has added more Spanish flavour to Bayern.Hes one of the most intelligent players Ive coached, Guardiola said.The outcome matched Romas heaviest defeat in the competition, a 7-1 loss at Manchester United in the 2007 quarterfinals.This is a fluke, Guardiola said. Its not normal to win 7-1.Bayern has nine points atop Group E, five clear of Roma..ddddddddddddManchester City has two points and CSKA Moscow one.Earlier, City wasted a two-goal lead in a 2-2 draw in Moscow.The only good news tonight came from City and CSKA, which allowed us to stay second in the group, said Roma coach Rudi Garcia, who took responsibility for erring in his tactics and acknowledged that his squad should have sat back more.Tonight they were better than us. We were spectators, Garcia added. It shows us we have a way to go to reach the level of the worlds top squads.Bayerns win extended the unbeaten streak for Josep Guardiolas club to 12 matches in all competitions, with the last loss to Borussia Dortmund in the German Super Cup in mid-August.Roma entered full of confidence after a strong start in Serie A but its lack of experience in Europe was glaring — the Giallorossi are back in the Champions League after a three-year break.Weve got to look for the positives. This could be a lesson that helps us in the future, Roma midfielder Daniele De Rossi said. Theyre clearly superior but we could have done better. I dont have a clear explanation for why we conceded all these goals.Robben set the tone with a world-class goal, fooling Cole and curling a shot inside the far post.Then poor defence left Goetze alone to score from the edge of the area following a backheel pass from Mueller, two minutes before Lewandowski was left unmarked to head in a cross from Juan Bernat.Garcia replaced Cole with Greece defender Jose Holebas at halftime and also pulled captain Francesco Totti for Alessandro Florenzi but the damage was done.Gervinhos scored by finishing off a counterattack with a header following a cross from Radja Nainggolan.Ribery then collected a pass from Robben and scored with a lob shot in the 78th and Shaqiri added a rebound in the 80th after Morgan De Sanctis failed to collect a shot.Despite the rout, Roma fans applauded their club at the final whistle, while the 5,000 Bayern fans in attendance celebrated wildly.The teams meet again in two weeks in Munich.___Andrew Dampf can be followed at www.twitter.com/asdampf ' ' '