Rodgers rues ‘poor defending’

Basle 1 Liverpool 0

The Swiss side had beaten Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham in the last four years and added the Merseysiders to their list of scalps as Marco Streller scored the only goal of the game in the 53rd minute.

Rodgers felt his side played well enough to get something from the game but let themselves down by failing to deal with Basle’s set pieces.