Champions League: Liverpool 1-0 Ajax - Reds are through to knockouts - see all games, results and goalscorers
Video ⬇ Liverpool secured their spot in the last 16 of the Champions League with a game to spare by beating AFC Ajax 1-0 on Tuesday night.
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| Champions League: Liverpool 1-0 Ajax. Photo: @LFC |
Curtis Jones’ opportunistic 58th-minute finish settled matters at Anfield, and Atalanta BC’s 1-1 draw with FC Midtjylland means the Reds are guaranteed to progress as Group D winners.
Full-Time at Anfield: Liverpool 1-0 Ajax ⬇
Jones had earlier hit the post, while Caoimhin Kelleher - who started in place of the injured Alisson Becker - made three fine saves throughout the evening to ensure his European debut ended with a clean sheet.
Liverpool are through to knockouts ⬇
We're into the last 16, Reds 💪🔴 pic.twitter.com/VrkUPm3owR
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) December 1, 2020
The goalkeeper thwarted Noussair Mazraoui either side of half-time and showcased brilliant reaction speed late on to turn Klaas-Jan Huntelaar’s header over the crossbar. LFC
Watch: Reds Boss Jurgen Klopp's post-game words ⬇
"It was for me, one of the most exceptional @championsleague nights we've had."
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) December 1, 2020
The boss on a brilliant team performance tonight 🙌🔴 pic.twitter.com/sOL4btSniB
See the results of all games played on Tuesday 1 Dec with goalscorers ⬇
| Uefa Champions League 2020/21 | Games, Results and Goalscorers (Tuesday 1 Dec) |
| Group A | |
| Locomotiv 1-3 Salzburg | Home: Miranchuk (79' pen) Away: Berisha (28', 41'), Adeyemi (81') |
| Atletico Madrid 1-1 Bayern Munich | Home: Felix (26') Away: Muller (86' pen) |
| Group B | |
| Shakhtar Donetsk 2-0 Real Madrid | Home: Dentinho (57'), Solomon (82') |
| Borussia Möenchengladbach 2-3 Inter | Home: Plea (45', 76') Away: Darmian (17'), Lukaku (64', 73') |
| Group C | |
| FC Porto 0-0 Manchester City | Goalless |
| Marseille 2-1 Olympiacos | Home: Payet (55' pen, 75' pen) Away: Camara (33') |
| Group D | |
| Atalanta 1-1 FC Midtjylland | Home: Romero (79') Away: Scholz (13') |
| Liverpool 1-0 Ajax | Home: Jones (58') |
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