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Commentary

1¹ The Marseille 'keeper dived to his right to save an accurate shot from Ajax's DOKU. 2¹ TIELEMANS made space on the left and pulled the ball to THURAM who touched the ball wide. 4¹ DOKU was put clear by PELLEGRINI and he pulled away from the 'keeper but thrust his shot just beyond the near post. 5¹ KONATÉ booted the ball wide from the edge of the box. 18¹ The stunned Marseille 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from FOFANA dropped just over. 21¹ A delightful strike from DOKU was dealt with by a useful stop from COURTOIS. 22¹ GOAL!! A terrible backpass by AKANJI enabled PAU TORRES to run in and hammer the ball past the Marseille 'keeper. (1-0 Ajax) 29¹ A corner bobbled toward THURAM who fired an effort wide. 39¹ A poor shot from HAVERTZ bounced agonisingly wide. 43¹ GOAL!! A wonderful bit of skill enabled THURAM to dribble through the Ajax defence and score. (1-1) 8² THURAM whacked a left foot shot just wide from thirty yards out. 13² A right foot effort from HAVERTZ was pushed over by COURTOIS. 14² A pin-point pass fell to HAKIMI and his looping effort floated narrowly wide. 15² KONATÉ brought the ball round LOCATELLI and stabbed a poor shot well wide. 17² GOAL!! A tackle from AÏT-NOURI gave Marseille a free-kick just outside the area which DEMBÉLÉ thundered past the 'keeper. (2-1 Marseille) 20² A cross from WITSEL left TIELEMANS in plenty of space but he rushed his shot. 22² HAVERTZ's shot was well held by the 'keeper. 30² A penalty box scramble resulted in DOKU tapping a low shot over. 31² LEWANDOWSKI ran onto a wonderful ball from KUDUS but dragged his effort wide. 37² A thirty yard shot from DAVID caused MAMARDASHVILI little difficulty. 40² A useful ball from DOKU on the right fell to KUDUS who mishit his shot over. 44² A free-kick from THURAM went wide.

Ajax   League position: 3 Home league form: LWWX Overall league form: WLWXWWX- Formation: 4-2-3-1

Line-ups Giorgi MAMARDASHVILI 6½ 1 7  Thibaut COURTOIS(c) Devyne RENSCH 7  2 7½ Benjamin PAVARD Rayan AÏT-NOURI 8  3 7½ Achraf HAKIMI (c)Manuel LOCATELLI 6½ 4 6½ Axel WITSEL PAU Francisco TORRES 7  5 7½ Manuel AKANJI Evan N'DICKA 7  6 6  Ibrahima KONATÉ Mohammed KUDUS 6  7 6½ Ousmane DEMBÉLÉ Lorenzo PELLEGRINI 6½ 8 7½ Youssouf FOFANA (p)Kai HAVERTZ 7  9 6  Jonathan DAVID (f)Justin KLUIVERT 6½ 10 6½ Youri TIELEMANS Jéremy DOKU 7½ 11 5½ Marcus THURAM(p,f) Luke Murray Manager Rikki Faulkner Roger IBAÑEZ    12    Marvin AKAHOMEN Bernd LENO    13    Konstantinos KARETSAS Thomas PARTEY    14    Julien DURANVILLE Thomas MÜLLER 7½ 15    Noah MBAMBA Robert LEWANDOWSKI 6  16    Abdoulaye KAMARA

Marseille   League position: 2 Away league form: LWW- Overall league form: LWWWWW-- Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Ajax 1 Marseille 2 (Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 51,163, Stadium: Amsterdam Arena, Referee: Steve Bennett 7½) Pau Torres 22¹ Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Thuram 43¹, Dembélé 17² PellegrinióMüller 25², HavertzóLewandowski 25²           7 4 7 17 0 2 8 3 8 11 16 14 7 1 51% 49% ¶ Man of the match: Rayan Aït-Nouri ¶