Danny Welbeck will sleep well tonight. He's the toast of north London, he just needs to erect a new shelf for his hat-trick ball.

Lasse Vigen Christensen has given Fulham a 3-0 lead over fellow strugglers Bolton, while Bakary Sako has pulled one back for Wolves against Huddersfield, but they still trail 3-1.

Three minutes left. You can boil an egg in 180 seconds, can Liverpool score a goal?

Better! Steven Gerrard, right on cue, curls in a free-kick from 25 yards which forces Tomas Vaclik into action in the Basel goal. Safe hands.

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Six minutes left for Liverpool. It's about now that Steven Gerrard has traditionally served up some magic. He hasn't looked remotely close to doing so yet.

Barry: I think we'll need an abacus when this Liverpool defence comes up against Real Madrid.

James from Watford: Liverpool should enjoy these Champions League matches because they won't be in Europe next season at this rate.

You couldn't knock the Sonic Boom could you?

John Dykes: , externalReferencing Street Fighter on Champions League night. What a hero, what Guile.

A rescue mission for Rickie Lambert - he's on in place of Lazar Markovic. Nine minutes left in Switzerland...

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A great couple of minutes for all Madrid football fans (bar Rayo Vallecano) as Real and Atletico both take the lead.

Karim Benzema has given Real a 2-1 lead against Bulgarian minnows Ludogorets Razgrad in Sofia.

Arda Turan has - more impressively - put Atletico ahead against Juventus - the first goal the Turin side have conceded in 11 games, stretching back to last season.

Meanwhile Adrian Ramos has scored twice to put Borussia Dortmund 3-0 up at Anderlecht.

VJ: I can't believe that Liverpool are looking very average at the moment. £100m spent and nothing to show for it. The defence is far too weak and teams know it. They'll struggle to make the top six at this rate.

Simon: Our whole set up last season was getting on to their back four when we didn't have possession, this year it's Balotelli getting on the nerves of Sterling and co. No movement.

One for the cameras from Arsenal sub David Ospina as he makes a flying save! Burak Yilmaz powers in a header toward the top corner but the Colombian denies him with a leap to his right.

It looks like Basel and Liverpool will be level on three points behind group leaders Real Madrid after two games then - this could go to the wire.

Unless - unless - Liverpool can change it with 12 minutes left.

Former Arsenal defender Martin Keown
BBC Radio 5 live

"Arsenal are just trying to get through this period without exerting themselves too much ahead of the weekend. They're just being tight and compact.

"The team that started might even start at Chelsea. The reception Mesut Ozil is getting from the fans, it was another good performance in that central position. The manager has worked out where to get the best of him and he can have a rest ahead of the weekend."

Kenny Brown will be furious. What a move from Liverpool, their best of the night, as Mario Balotelli and Adam Lallana combine delightfully to free Raheem Sterling, he's in on goal but then takes a woeful touch to toe the ball out of play!

Moments later Lazar Markovic has a chance to open his account at the far post but fires wastefully wide.

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Ashley Williams:, external The defence cannot be worse than last season. Manquillo and Moreno are much better than Johnson and Enrique.

Shohidur Rahman:, external Really surprised Rodgers took off Coutinho. He's been Liverpool's best player by a distance.

Kenny Brown:, external Raheem Sterling - clearly believing his own press! No idea when to part with the ball and too easily brushed aside. Over rated!

One man who is taking his chance is Danny Welbeck. He has a chance for a fourth goal but can't grow enough to control a teasing cross and heads over the bar.

At the other end, better from the Turkish side as Wes Sneijder fires wide.

Former Arsenal defender Martin Keown
BBC Radio 5 live

"David Ospina is a goalkeeper with a lot of experience. If he gets a chance in the team you wonder whether Wenger will stick with him.

"In that game against Southampton recently he let one in from 40 yards and it's early days but Arsenal haven't had an experienced player there since Jens Lehmann. Szczesny gets better each time but he doesn't want to leave the door open to his team-mate."

Mario Balotelli is now in the book for touching the face of Taulant Xhaka. That's all it was too, a brush of the cheek.

Into the final 20 minutes of a frustrating display from the men in yellow.

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Wolves were sixth and Huddersfield 21st in the Championship this morning so 3-0 probably isn't a surprising scoreline.

However it's the struggling Terriers who are leading at Molineux with Conor Coady adding the third.