BASEL BRUSH UNITED ASIDE

Manchester United will be playing in the Europa League in 2012 after their 2-1 defeat to FC Basel sent them crashing out of the Champions League at the group stage.

Marco Streller and Fabian Frei will go down in the history books as the men responsible for toppling the European heavyweights, with the two Basel players each getting on the score sheet to render Phil Jones' late strike inconsequential.

Ferguson goes cuckoo as Basel knock holes in United's defense

United run out of thyme against Basel