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Liverpool won their first Champions League game for the 2020/2021 season. Away from home, the English champions beat Ajax 1-0 after Taliafico’s own goal in the 35th minute of a Group D match.
Both teams began looking for offensive play from the first minutes of the game. In the 11th minute, Dusan Tadic tried to find his teammate in a good position, but failed. Five minutes later, Lisandro Martínez attempted a header but was unable to sign.
Curtis Jones shot dangerously in the 20th minute but was unable to sign. One of the most dangerous situations came in the 34th minute, when Quincy Promes, who came in as reserve, fired a great shot, but Adrián saved.
A minute later, Taliafico tried to clear the ball after a cross from the left and scored an inescapable own goal. In the 40th minute, Salah’s shot was stopped by a defender and a new goal was not dropped. In the 44th minute, Dušan Tadić had a chance to equalize, but his shot was blocked. So Liverpool retired at half-time with a breakthrough goal.
Ajax once again had the opportunity to equalize. In the 47th minute Klaassen fired excellently, but the ball missed the target after hitting the crossbar. Ten minutes later, Fabinho shot well, but the ball went to the corner after the intervention of a local player. A minute later Promes shot well, but Adrián was in his place and saved the shot.
One of the situations of discussion occurred in the 65th minute when the hosts had pretensions to play with one hand in the area and demanded a penalty, but after considering the situation with the VAR, the referee Felix Brich did not award a penalty.
In the 70th minute Minamino tried to score a goal for his team, but the goalkeeper proved to be excellent and left his team in the game. In the 90th minute Vainaldum had a chance to decide everyone in the match with a second goal, but Onana saved the shot.
So in the end Liverpool won with a minimum of 1: 0 and took 3 points.
Ajax – Liverpool 0: 1
scorer: 0: 1 Taliafico (35)
Here are the lineups for both teams:
Ajax: Onana, Mazraui, Schuurs (84-Huntelaar), Martinez, Taliafico, Gravenberg, Klaassen (74-Ekelenkamp), Blind (84-Traore), Neres (74-Labiad), Kudus (9-Quincy Promes), Tadic
Who will shine? 💫#UCL #ajaliv pic.twitter.com/7flBevGW83
– AFC Ajax (@AFCAjax) October 21, 2020
Liverpool: Adrian, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Fabinho, Robertson, Milner (90-Williams), Vainaldum, Jones (46-Robertson), Salah (60-Shakiri), Firmino (60-Jota), Mane (60-Minamino)
Today’s LFC lineup for a great game🤩
Curtis Jones starts for the Reds tonight with Fabinho behind tLet’s go red🔴 #UCL #LFC #Liverpoolfc pic.twitter.com/wbKQ2fzxsb
– PL CHAMPIONS🏆 (@ LiverpoolFCHub6) October 21, 2020
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