Gerrard: Liverpool deserve to be out The former England skipper netted a late equaliser for the Reds but it wasnt enough as they crashed out of the Champions League against Basel By Gill Clark Dec 9, 2014 23:30:00 LiverpoolcaptainSteven Gerrardsays his side deserve to be out of the Champions League after they exited the tournament with a 1-1 draw againstBaselin their final group fixture. The draw left the Reds in third position in Group B with just five points as Real Madrid finished as group winners and Basel also qualifying in second place. Gerrard equalised for Liverpool with a late free kick at Anfield, after the Reds had been reduced to 10 men following Lazar Markovics dismissal, but says his side can have no complaints about their fate. No [Liverpool dont deserve to go through]. We havent gone out of the competition because of our performance tonight, he toldITV Sport. Weve gone out because away at Basel we werent good enough. In our last game we conceded a stupid goal towards injury-time. You always qualify over the six games and unfortunately we havent been good enough. Well have to see [if January buys can turn things around]. Whats crucial is getting our main striker back who is capable of getting us the goals to get us in the top four. We need to try and get Mario Balotelli back firing again as well. At the moment its a bit of a rollercoaster, its tough. This club always tries to strengthen, always tries to improve and we dust ourselves down and go again. The Reds task was made more difficult by Markovics sent off after the former Benfica winger aimed a swipe at Behrang Safari in the second half. Replays suggested there was no contact between the two players, and though Gerrards admits he did not see the incident clearly, he believes the decision had a detrimental effect to his side. It [the red card] doesnt help of course. We knew if we were still in the game with 20 minutes to go if we could get that goal it wouldve been hell for Basel. Unfortunately we didnt have enough energy in the last 15 minutes because the referee sent him off. I havent see the incident but Im told it was very harsh.
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