That's your lot from me - I'm off to boil an egg in three minutes. See you later

Mitch Mansfield:, external There are inevitable comparisons between £16m Welbeck and Balotelli. Liverpool would surely have had to pay a premium for a Manchester United academy graduate.

Vinny:, external Rodgers got lucky last season as Spurs, City, United, Chelsea and Arsenal had European and longer cup run distractions.

Garry McCammon:, external People are under rating Basel, they can beat anyone on their day. Was never going to be easy for Liverpool.

Ludogorets coach Georgi Dermendzhiev said: "It was a good game, but the result could have been better for us.

"Ludogorets played a good match against the best team in the world. I am pleased, we almost got a point."

Former Arsenal defender Martin Keown
BBC Radio 5 live

"We'll see what Brendan Rodgers is made of. They're 14th and nine points away from Chelsea. The fans have got to be more realistic. Brendan has to stick to his philosophy and keep believing.

"I've liked the way he was supportive of Mario Balotelli. He was probably seething at his performance. He's not going to be a Suarez but he does energise the manager and they've got to pull together. There seems to be too many problems as a group.

"Balotelli is an individual. The way Suarez and Sterling and Sturridge integrated, it was beautiful. Balotelli is a bit of a fixed mannequin and he has to learn the Liverpool way or he'll just be standing there watching."

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Basel boss Paulo Sousa: "It was a perfect evening. We defended well, we fought, were ambitious, have created chances and kept the ball well."

When I get in tonight I'll be boiling an egg. I'll report back the details in tomorrow's Europa League live text...

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Dave: Would it take longer to sack Brendan Rogers than boil an egg????

Jack Mousley:, external Liverpool lacked the desire to win the ball, press the Basel players. Low on confidence, they are a shadow of last season.

Frank Lopez:, external I don't think Liverpool has to fear that Sterling gets bought by Real Madrid to replace Ronaldo anytime soon. Way too light.

Ken Gorry:, external Liverpool lacking movement in the final third. The midfield players are lacking options, Sterling should have had a hat-trick though.

A good night for Louis van Gaal's cast-offs. As well as Danny Welbeck's hat-trick tonight Shinji Kagawa picked up two sublime assists in Dortmund's 3-0 win at Anderlecht.

Former Arsenal defender Martin Keown
BBC Radio 5 live

"They both arrived at 23 and Danny Welbeck has got going a lot quicker than Thierry Henry did. Whether he goes on to emulate what Thierry did is another matter.

"But Arsenal have embraced him, Wenger loves him in that position. He's provided what Arsenal haven't had. This is an arena where he can launch his career."

Top clarification work there Dale, Good spot.

Dale: You can boil an egg in 180 seconds, or less...you just have to be several (meaning a few thousand) feet below sea level so the water will boil at a higher temperature. Don't worry Tom, I know what you're on about!

MOTD presenter Gary Lineker

"Just saw Welbeck's 3rd goal. Now that is the finish of a proper striker!"

Jack Igglesden, external: Sturridge will bring goals. Missing him is costing Liverpool a lot. We did reasonably well without Suarez a bit last season.

Matthew Coote:, external All them Liverpool fans mocking Spurs for what AVB did last year looking rather foolish now.

Alex Smith:, external Liverpool spent £117m this summer, and they don't have a good defensive unit or bench that could change a game. Wise spending?

Liverpool now face back-to-back games against Real Madrid while Basel face Ludugorets twice. Those fixtures could prove decisive in the race for qualification from Group B.

Ibrahim Ismail:, external Nights like this makes me appreciate Benitez. Rodgers need to be scrutinized. £100m spent and it seems the Reds have poor scouts.

Dominic O'Caollai:, external What's the panic about? Beat Ludogorets and Basel (not unrealistic) and Liverpool still go through barring hammerings vs Real?

Tom:, external Liverpool's last season wasn't a fluke. They worked hard to get second. It's a changed team this season and it will take time.

Former Arsenal defender Martin Keown
BBC Radio 5 live

"What Brendan Rodgers has done is go and buy players but it's about more than that. Dejan Lovren came in looking like he's the leader and Martin Skrtel seemed more determined to head Lovren than the ball. I don't know if Brendan is up for bringing in former players to his staff and whether Jamie Carragher would be interested in that.

"I know his philosophy is to pass the ball but you have got be tight at the back but it's their Achilles heel at the moment. I wasn't sure about Lovren at Southampton. He sees himself as the leader but the way Mamadou Sakho responded when he wasn't picked at the weekend suggested that wasn't handled well.

"When you're in all these competitions, last season looked like a honeymoon period. Game to game you get ragged and he's got to get the team together for the weekend and pressure's starting to build for Brendan."

BBC Radio 5 live

Danny Welbeck scored the same amount of goals tonight as he did for Manchester United in 2014. Is he the new Thierry Henry?

You know what I think but more importantly BBC Radio 5 live are asking you. Call 0500909693 with your opinions.

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, speaking to Sky Sports: "That instinct of a goalscorer (in Danny Welbeck) was more aggressive and he finished well with the work of the team. He has such good pace it gives him time to finish calmly.

"We had good pace. We did have good pace in all areas of the pitch. You can see how quickly you can lose control of a game when we went down to 10 men but overall the performance was good."

Asked if it was Alexis Sanchez's best game for Arsenal: "Yes he played well and made some good passes. Overall he had a very good performance."

Joe Turner: I know this isn't TMS but you can't boil an egg in 180 seconds, it's 4-5 minutes man! Take a moment to consider the disappointing breakfasts you will cause across the English speaking world if you don't correct this and it spreads.

It's a point I was called up on on the BBC Sport desk Joe, I'm happy to retract that spur-of-the-moment call. As you can tell, I don't boil many eggs...