UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Ajax Amsterdam WWWWW 1
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Liverpool LWWDL 2
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AJA101
LIV112
Anfield · 52,387 att.

Match Report

Photo by Matthew Ashton - AMA/2022 AMA Sports Photo Agency

Liverpool edge Ajax with late Joel Matip winner to kickstart Champions League campaign

Liverpool secured a last-gasp 2-1 victory over Ajax on Tuesday to kickstart their Champions League campaign this season.

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Team Stats

19
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
2
0
Corner Kicks
10
8
Saves
0
43.1
Possession
56.9
3
SHOTS
24
1
ON GOAL
10
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
299
Accurate Passes
391
380
Passes
481
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
11
5
Crosses
31
0.2
Cross %
0.4
67
Long Balls
50
24
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
4
16
Effective Tackles
13
29
Tackles
21
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
15
Interceptions
5
30
Effective Clearances
6
30
Clearances
6

Head to Head

LIV leads series 2-0

Lineups

LIV · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alisson BeckerG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 32Joël MatipCD-R
  4. 21Kostas TsimikasLB
  5. 66Trent Alexander-ArnoldRB
  6. 3FabinhoCM
  7. 6Thiago AlcantaraLM
  8. 19Harvey ElliottRM
  9. 20Diogo JotaF
  10. 23Luis DíazLF
  11. 11Mohamed SalahRF

AJA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 22Remko PasveerG
  2. 3Calvin BasseyCD-L
  3. 2Jurriën TimberCD-R
  4. 17Daley BlindLB
  5. 15Devyne RenschRB
  6. 23Steven BerghuisAM
  7. 8Kenneth TaylorLM
  8. 4Edson ÁlvarezRM
  9. 20Mohammed KudusF
  10. 7Steven BergwijnAM-L
  11. 10Dusan TadicAM-R

Timeline

  1. 17' Goal! Liverpool 1, Ajax 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Diogo Jota.
  2. 27' Goal! Liverpool 1, Ajax 1. Mohammed Kudus (Ajax) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Steven Berghuis.
  3. 59' Edson Álvarez (Ajax) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 62' Joël Matip (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 66' Substitution, Liverpool. Roberto Firmino replaces Harvey Elliott.
  6. 66' Substitution, Liverpool. Darwin Núñez replaces Diogo Jota.
  7. 68' Substitution, Ajax. Jorge Sánchez replaces Devyne Rensch because of an injury.
  8. 80' Substitution, Ajax. Florian Grillitsch replaces Kenneth Taylor.
  9. 86' Substitution, Ajax. Brian Brobbey replaces Mohammed Kudus.
  10. 89' Goal! Liverpool 2, Ajax 1. Joël Matip (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Kostas Tsimikas with a cross following a corner.
  11. 90'+1' Steven Berghuis (Ajax) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 90'+2' Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Luis Díaz.
  13. 90'+4' Substitution, Liverpool. Stefan Bajcetic replaces Thiago.

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