Liverpool 8-0 Besiktas: Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard battles against Edouard Cisse as the hosts control events

Peter Crouch starts for Liverpool and makes a telling impression with the opening goal in the 19th minute

Crouch's goal is just reward for the hosts as their dominance eventually breaks down the Turkish side's defences

Yossi Bennayoun collects Andriy Voronin's cross before firing home Liverpool's second goal of the night in the 32nd minute

John Arne Riise's shot is parried allowing Bennayoun to score his second and Liverpool's third in the 53rd minute

Liverpool move 4-0 up just three minutes later as Bennayoun grabs his hat-trick - slotting the ball past Hakan Arikan

The Turkish side wilt at Anfield as Gerrard fires in the fifth following a fine move involving Andriy Voronin

Substitute Ryan Babel scores twice in three minutes including a deft back-heel as the rout continues on Merseyside

Liverpool seal a record score in the Champions League as Crouch heads in his second and the side's eighth late on

Schalke 04 0-0 Chelsea: Florent Malouda shields the ball from Schalke's Rafinha as Chelsea look to contain the German side

Avram Grant's Chelsea side allow Schalke to gain confidence in the latter stages of the goalless opening half in Germany

Schalke's Jermaine Jones and Marcelo Bordon show their frustration after their side fail to gain victory over Chelsea