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With Virgil van Dijk injured, the midfield anchor moved down like a plug. There he made a great fight, and saved the victory with an acrobatic save on the line.
In the match where an own goal from Ajax became decisive.
– Is different. I always have to be ready for the dances in the back room, then I have to take on some of what Virgil (van Dijk) always does. Be a leader and talk to those around me. When I realized how long he was gone, it was a shock. Keeping a clean sheet tonight was important to both me and the team, Fabinho himself said in brilliant English in an interview shown on Viasport after the match.
He is also praised by former Liverpool player John Arne Riise.
– He was confident and good, tough in duels, and it’s great to see him speak English. I’ve talked to him before, but then he didn’t speak English. Talk and direct, today was a perfect match for him, sums up Riise.
Clumsy own goals
The game moved from one side to the other in Amsterdam, and it was Liverpool who had a counterattack in the 35th minute.
In his place came Sadio Mané, who joined the party without being able to warm up. The shot was coming off but was nailed to the goal by Ajax defender Nicolás Tagliafico, who was clumsy and unfortunate.
Online rescue and post hit
Just before the break, Ajax came as close to a draw as possible.
Dusan Tadic threw the ball very well on Adrian, but Fabinho got on the line at the twelfth hour and saved with an acrobatic kick.
Just after the break, it was the post that saved Liverpool, when Davy Klaassen hit the inside of the crossbar, but the ball bounced and missed for Ajax.
With half an hour to go, Mané, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah were substituted.
– It is important that all three rest until the weekend, says John Arne Riise in the Viasport study.
It weakened Liverpool’s offensive power, but even without Van Dijk in central defense, he stayed very close, securing victory in the group’s opener. Many thanks to Fabinho, the Brazilian who is usually a midfielder, put up a great fight in injury time.
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– A difficult game, but we scored and had chances in the counterattacks where we should have scored more. In any case, we won on a day that is not one of the best, these victories are very important, smiled Klopp in an interview shown on Viasport.
PS: Atalanta beat Danish Midtjylland in the second group match on Wednesday night.
