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0¹ A good ball from DAVIES on the right was collected by KANE who mishit his shot just beyond the far post. 3¹ HAKIMI shot over. 6¹ The hapless Ajax 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from PARTEY dropped just wide. 11¹ VERTONGHEN booked. 18¹ GOAL!! A shot from DUMFRIES which MESLIER managed to block was deemed over the line and the referee awarded the goal. (1-0 Ajax) 21¹ A thirty yard drive from GABRIEL JESUS caused the Chelsea 'keeper no problem. 23¹ GÖTZE hit a right foot shot inches wide from just outside the area. 30¹ GOAL!! A long ball from DE LIGT down the middle found the lurking DUMFRIES who whacked a left foot shot into the net. (2-0 Ajax) 33¹ The Ajax 'keeper saved a glorious shot from JIMÉNEZ. 36¹ GOAL!! A shot from JOTA deflected off the boot of RICARDO ESGAIO and raced past the helpless Chelsea 'keeper and over the line. (3-0 Ajax) 38¹ GOAL!! A mishit RICARDO ESGAIO shot fell to JIMÉNEZ who made no mistake from just outside the area. (3-1 Ajax) 45¹ A penalty box meleé resulted in JIMÉNEZ driving the ball over. 9² A cross from NDOMBÉLÉ left JUNIOR FIRPO in plenty of space but he rushed his shot. 10² A tame strike from CHALOBAH bounced agonisingly wide. 11² A shot from GÖTZE seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear. 11² JOTA beat RODRYGO and whacked the ball to KANE who dragged his shot wide. 16² The Ajax 'keeper dived to his right to block a fierce drive from Chelsea's JUNIOR FIRPO. 18² KANE ran onto a great ball from MILINKOVIC-SAVIC but toe-poked his shot wide. 28² JIMÉNEZ made space on the right and pulled the ball to JUNIOR FIRPO who fired the ball wide. 36² The Chelsea 'keeper was able to claw away a poor header from KANE. 37² A free-kick from GABRIEL JESUS flew just wide. 46² A pin-point pass found KANE and his left foot shot went narrowly over.

Ajax   League position: 10 Home league form: XWLX Overall league form: LXWWWLLW Formation: 3-1-4-2

Line-ups RUI Pedro PATRÍCIO 7  1 6½ Illan MESLIER Achraf HAKIMI 7  2 6½ Hans HATEBOER Alphonso DAVIES 8½ 3 6½ Jan VERTONGHEN(c) Sergej MILINKOVIC-SAVIC 8  4 7  Mario GÖTZE Thomas PARTEY 7  5 6½ Trevoh CHALOBAH (c)Matthijs DE LIGT 7½ 6 6½ RICARDO de Sousa ESGAIO Denzel DUMFRIES 7  7 7  RODRYGO Silva JOTA 7½ 8 6½ Héctor JUNIOR FIRPO (p)Harry KANE 7½ 9 6  Raúl JIMÉNEZ(p) (f)BERNARDO Mota SILVA 6½ 10 6  Tanguy NDOMBÉLÉ(f) GABRIEL Fernando JESUS 7  11 6  Ricardo HORTA Joe SHAW Manager Evan N'DICKA    12    Harvey ELLIOTT Jamie BYNOE-GITTENS    13    Lucas BERGSTRÖM Hakim ZIYECH    14    Alassane PLÉA Justin KLUIVERT    15    Billy GILMOUR Devyne RENSCH    16    Karamoko DEMBÉLÉ

Chelsea   League position: 16 Away league form: XLLL Overall league form: WXWLLLLX Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Ajax 3 Chelsea 1 (Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 51,146, Stadium: Amsterdam Arena, Referee: Nikos Loumbardeas 8) Dumfries 18¹, Dumfries 30¹, Ricardo Esgaio 36¹ (og) Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Jiménez 38¹           Vertonghen 11¹ 1 10 9 3 12 4 7 6 7 7 14 13 3 5 52% 48% ¶ Man of the match: Alphonso Davies ¶