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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Although the controversial 90-second eliminations of the current regulations would be dropped, a system of aggregate times would mean that drivers with the outright fastest laps in each session might not be at the head of the timesheet.Bahrain Grand Prix driver ratingsNico Rosberg rather than Lewis Hamilton would have claimed pole position had the proposal been in place for Bahrain.The Germans two fastest laps in Q3 were quicker when combined than his team-mates, who was only fourth fastest after the first runs after an error at the final corner. Ferraris Sebastian Vettel would also have qualified ahead of Hamilton in second. How aggregate qualy would have changed Bahrain GP grid Driver Aggregate Q3 time Actual position on grid 1. Nico Rosberg 2:59.897 2nd 2. Sebastian Vettel 3:00.077 3rd 3. Lewis Hamilton 3:00.120 1st 4. Kimi Raikkonen 3:00.641 4th Qualifying is about that one perfect lap, cautioned Red Bulls Daniel Ricciardo. To have an aggregate, it starts to sound more like some form of endurance racing. I wouldnt be too keen on that.Although teams had agreed unanimously in Australia to go back in full to the 2015 knockout format, such a plan wasnt made available to vote on by the FIA, with Red Bull and McLaren then not agreeing to a hybrid version whereby only Q3 reverted to last years rules.Although Rosberg insists the best way is to go back to how it was because that was always pretty exciting, it seems such a prospect is completely off the table. Simon Lazenby is joined by Ted Kravitz and Martin Brundle to discuss whether an aggregate qualifying system would work Some drivers are prepared to give the aggregate rules a try.dddddddddddd.Well give it a go - thats all we can say really, Jenson Button told SSNHQ. Its better than this one - I think everythings better than this one.WATCH: Teds Bahrain NotebookDrivers driving round with one eye open is better than this one. I look forward to change and thats whats hopefully coming.Hamilton, who has claimed both poles under the elimination system, said: They come up with all sorts of ideas. When you come up with ideas most of them will not be good and one of them might be good at some stage, so whether or not thats the one we shall see. The furore over qualifying has overshadowed the start to the season and Mercedes boss Toto Wolff admitted we have a political mess going on out there with Ecclestone and Todt resisting teams moves to revert to the 2015 format.Asked why unanimity cannot be achieved, Wolff said: Simple explanation? Madness.F1s last aggregate experimentIt was 11 years ago that F1 last aggregated two qualifying times to set the grid.After Michael Schumacher and Ferraris domination of the 2002 season, when the German won his third consecutive world title by July with a record six races to spare, F1s rulemakers introduced new measures to increase unpredictability in the sport - with changes to qualifying at the heart of them. Ted Kravitz interviews Bernie Ecclestone on qualifying and other topics Between 2003 and 2005 various versions of single-lap qualifying were devised, with the latter year seeing an aggregate system adopted. Across two sessions - one on a Saturday afternoon followed by a second on Sunday morning - drivers would complete single flying laps, with their two times combined to determine their position on the grid.However, the new idea proved unpopular with fans and, with TV companies not carrying the Sunday session live, aggregate qualifying was binned after five races to be replaced by one single-lap session on Saturday. The three-part Q1, Q2 and Q3 knockout system was then introduced to more successful effect in 2006. Every race live in 2016 Sky Sports F1 brings you every race live in 2016. Fast and easy online upgrade - click here. Also See: Vote for your favourite qualy format No agreement on qualifying ' ' '