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19¹ A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the advancing LENO. 20¹ A cross from KLUIVERT left PAU TORRES in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot. 23¹ The 'keeper dived to his right to stop a fierce shot from Liverpool's SUÁREZ. 27¹ LEWANDOWSKI played the ball to KLUIVERT who touched it wide. 28¹ A shot from KLUIVERT was smothered by the 'keeper. 35¹ A accurate pass was collected by KLUIVERT and his right foot effort floated narrowly wide. 36¹ GOAL!! After some useful play on the right SUÁREZ came inside and placed the ball into the back of the net. (1-0 Liverpool) 37¹ LEWANDOWSKI touched the ball through a ruck of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right. 38¹ A shot from KLUIVERT seemed a certain goal but TRAPP managed to fist the ball clear. 40¹ The hapless Liverpool 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from LOZANO dropped just wide. 42¹ GOAL!! A shot from LEWANDOWSKI raced through a crowd of players and bounced past the unsighted 'keeper. (1-1) 46¹ A free-kick from GIMÉNEZ raced over. 1² A corner fell to LEWANDOWSKI who fired an effort wide. 5² A header by DZEKO at the far post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper. 12² MÜLLER ran onto a wonderful ball from HAVERTZ but fumbled his shot wide of the goal. 16² A twenty yard drive from SUÁREZ caused the 'keeper no problem. 17² LEWANDOWSKI made space on the right and dragged the ball to PELLEGRINI who fired the ball over. 18² PELLEGRINI was put clear by IBAÑEZ and he nutmegged the Liverpool 'keeper but struck his shot wide. 20² GOAL!! A Ajax counter-attack allowed HAVERTZ to setup HANSEN with a simple goal. (2-1 Ajax) 25² PELLEGRINI headed wide. 32² MILIK rushed a simple chance. 39² Uncertainty in the Ajax defence enabled CORREA to thump an effort over the bar.

Ajax   League position: 4 Home league form: X--- Overall league form: WX------ Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Bernd LENO 6½ 1 8  Kevin TRAPP Evan N'DICKA 7  2 6½ Matthias GINTER Yannick CARRASCO 6½ 3 7½ Raphaël GUERREIRO Thomas MÜLLER 6  4 7  Hakan ÇALHANOGLU PAU Francisco TORRES 7½ 5 7½ José GIMÉNEZ Roger IBAÑEZ 6  6 6½ Stefan DE VRIJ Kai HAVERTZ 6½ 7 5½ Ángel CORREA Justin KLUIVERT 6  8 7  Hirving LOZANO (c,p)Robert LEWANDOWSKI 6½ 9 7  Edin DZEKO(c,p) (f)Lorenzo PELLEGRINI 6½ 10 7  Manuel LOCATELLI(f) Sontje HANSEN 7  11 6½ Luis SUÁREZ Manager Thomas PARTEY    12    Franck KESSIÉ RUI Pedro PATRÍCIO    13    Péter GULÁCSI Arkadiusz MILIK 7½ 14 6½ ALEX SANDRO Lobo Brian BROBBEY    15 6  Nico ELVEDI Elif ELMAS    16    THIAGO Emiliano SILVA

Liverpool   League position: 1 Away league form: W--- Overall league form: WW------ Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Ajax 2 Liverpool 1 (Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 51,224, Stadium: Amsterdam Arena, Referee: Ciro Scognamiglio 7½) Lewandowski 42¹, Hansen 20² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Suárez 36¹ MülleróMilik 13² LozanoóAlex Sandro 21², LocatellióElvedi 21²         8 4 4 7 6 5 7 8 14 4 21 12 4 7 55% 45% ¶ Man of the match: Kevin Trapp ¶