Vidic injury adds to misery

Sir Alex Ferguson's disappointment was compounded by a knee injury sustained by captain Nemanja Vidic that saw him stretchered off shortly before halftime.

"We don't know at this moment in time," said Ferguson when asked about the severity of the injury. "We think it's the medial ligament. Hopefully that's the worst of it."

As last season's beaten finalists wallowed in the misery of one of their most damaging defeats in recent memory, Basel were left to reflect on a win that opened up the door to the last 16 for the first time since 2002-03.