Ajax 0-1 Liverpool: In a feature that wasn’t perfect, a Reds team without Van Dijk won to bring confidence to life in Amsterdam
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Act 1, Liverpool’s scene 1 without Virgil van Dijk was marked through Fabinho’s transformation into an ordinary central defender in the Champions League 1-0 win at Ajax.
England’s most productive have begun their European crusade in order not to let the absence of the most productive advocate on the global and Alisson, one of their great goalkeepers, color their functionality or observation about the outcome. Against all expectations, Liverpool kept a blank sheet.
Parked next to just Joe Gomez, Fabinho calmed his nerves and sweetened the hosts in a largely messy first half.
The Brazilian exterior produced a top-notch clearing to thwart a safe goal, he did 3 more, plus four tackles, two interceptions and a blockade, and that’s only in the first forty-five minutes. By the end of the match, he had won 80% of his duels.
Meanwhile, Gomez produced 11 ball recoveries and 10 tackles, winning 85. 7% of his battles. The couple delivered a metal demonstration to lean on Van Dijk’s long absence.
At the other end of the field, Liverpool won the opening game after part-hour thanks to a prankster purpose opposite Nicolas Tagliafico, who tried but did not react well to Sadio Mane’s effort across the area, only managing to bring him down. . in your own network without any pressure.
Ajax insisted on hunting to fix the mistake, with Dusan Tadic sure to repair parity after chasing a bouncing ball and splintering Adrian.
When the ball was about to cross the line, Fabinho recovered in time to chisel it acrobatically to crown his impeccable performance in the first half.
Liverpool’s defensive exit is not as confident as that authorization. Adrián hit Gómez in less than two minutes, the central zaguero did not settle for the goalkeeper not staying and waited for the pass back, running instead to clear.
There were a few other sloppy incidents in the midfield that angered Jurgen Klopp, but Liverpool were seriously concerned.
Quincy Promes, early to upgrade the injured Mohammed Kudus, tried to give Liverpool buckets with an elegant mixing interaction with Tadic and David Neres, however, it was Davy Klaassen who came closest to the Dutch look with a wonderful blow that channeled the right post show early in the middle of the moment.
Liverpool’s goal of hitting the 3 most sensible from the start. Mane, in particular, had examined one of his moods against the world, where each of his moves is set up to win the game.
Klopp controlled Senegalese foreigners Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino for 60 minutes for Diogo Jota, Xherdan Shaqiri and Takumi Minamino, the trio very willing as submarines.
Jordan Henderson, at halftime and recently returned from injury, also received more minutes as Klopp tried to maintain speed with rotation before an intense calendar stanza.
Under the circumstances, it is a game for Liverpool to pass, manage, win with minimal annoyance. In this context, project fulfilled.
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