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Wed 11 Nov 2007Liverpool build to crescendoSoccer/Liverpool 8 Besiktas 0It was impossible for Liverpool to do anything more in Group A than hoist themselves into third place, but they have raised their confidence level to the very heavens with this record-breaking Champions League victory. It will be a while before they have to listen to reproaches over a mechanical style.The side was still bent on scoring in the 88th minute when Peter Crouch hit the eighth goal, his second of the evening, from a Yossi Benayoun pass.