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Commentary
SCHMEICHEL was able to claw away a tame header from LEWANDOWSKI.
GUEHI ran onto a delightful ball from LONGSTAFF but pulled his shot wide.
MAGUIRE beat a number of Ajax players and fired a shot just wide.
The 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful strike from WAN-BISSAKA.
26¹A refined cross from PELLEGRINI was shot goalbound by CARRASCO only for the Manchester City 'keeper to palm clear.
28¹A shot from STERLING held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
30¹HAZARD galloped through the Manchester City defence but shot straight at SCHMEICHEL.
30¹ELLIOTT chipped the ball to GREENWOOD who touched it inches over.
34¹ROBERTSON's header was well saved by LENO.
35¹GOAL!! A great solo effort from STERLING who beat four defenders before firing the ball into the net. (1-0 Manchester City)
37¹GOAL!! A poor drive from KLUIVERT seemed to hold little difficulty for the Manchester City 'keeper but the ball somehow squirmed over the line. (1-1)
40¹A corner fell to LEWANDOWSKI who flicked an effort wide.
45¹GOAL!! A poor goal-kick was intercepted by KLUIVERT who setup MILINKOVIC-SAVIC with an easy chance. (2-1 Ajax)
The bemused 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from ROBERTSON fell just wide.
GOAL!! A deep cross by MAGUIRE was met by ELLIOTT who stormed in to score. (2-2)
A cross from KLUIVERT left MÜLLER in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
MAGUIRE shot over.
14²TIMBER hit a looping shot wide from thirty yards out.
28²ROBERTSON dribbled away from MILINKOVIC-SAVIC and poked a tame shot over.
29²A penalty box meleé resulted in LEWANDOWSKI tapping a low shot wide.
31²A free-kick from GREENWOOD went wide.
33²TIMBER scuffed a simple chance.
35²GOAL!! After MÜLLER was pulled to the ground the ref waved play-on and LEWANDOWSKI went on to easily score. (3-2 Ajax)
38²LEWANDOWSKI was put clear by KLUIVERT and he dummied the Manchester City 'keeper but struck his shot over the bar.
43²Uncertainty in the Manchester City defence enabled MILINKOVIC-SAVIC to crack an effort over the bar.
47²A shot from STERLING was smothered by LENO.

 
Ajax
 
League position: 20
Home league form: LWXL
Overall league form: LLWWLLXW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Bernd LENO1Kasper SCHMEICHEL(c)
Jurriën TIMBER2Aaron WAN-BISSAKA
Yannick CARRASCO3Andy ROBERTSON
Thomas MÜLLER4Sean LONGSTAFF
Evan N'DICKA5Harry MAGUIRE
Roger IBAÑEZ6Marc GUEHI
Lorenzo PELLEGRINI7Harvey ELLIOTT
Justin KLUIVERT8Raheem STERLING
(c,p)Robert LEWANDOWSKI9Mason GREENWOOD(p)
(f)Sergej MILINKOVIC-SAVIC10Curtis JONES(f)
Thorgan HAZARD11Sadio MANÉ
Manager
Kai HAVERTZ  12  Mason MOUNT
RUI Pedro PATRÍCIO  13  Charlie SETFORD
Devyne RENSCH  14  Dan BURN
Sepp VAN DEN BERG  15Oliver SKIPP
Mohammed KUDUS16  Victor LINDELÖF
 
Manchester City
 
League position: 7
Away league form: LWLL
Overall league form: LLWLWLWW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Ajax 3 Manchester City 2
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 43,227, Stadium: Amsterdam Arena, Referee: Regis 9½)

Kluivert 37¹, Milinkovic-Savic 45¹, Lewandowski 35²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Sterling 35¹, Elliott 1²
MülleróKudus 38²ElliottóSkipp 36²
  
  
612
1413
54
66
86
1412
34
45%55%
Man of the match: Yannick Carrasco