Promes is booked for a foul on Wijnaldum. Blind and Schuurs make way for Huntelaar and Traore. How Ajax will have been frustrated by that and by Quincy Promes’s inability to beat Adrian from close range after the winger – who had come on for the injured 20-year-old Ghanaian forward Mohammed Kudus – exchanged passes with David Neres, only for Adrian to push out a foot to deflect the shot away. He did but the referee didn't see it and it took a block from Joe Gomez to spare us from VAR. “We did nothing wrong in the game and I don’t think we’ve done anything since then but our players are the only ones suffering and that doesn’t feel right, and it’s not easy to deal with these kinds of things,” Klopp added. Still it remained close and credit to Ajax coach Erik ten Hag, who took off defenders, brought on forwards – including 37-year-old Klaas-Jan Huntelaar – and risked a bigger defeat by trying to chase a draw by creating a bit of chaos. Liverpool slide a pass up the inside-right for Mane who turns on the turbo boost, runs at a retreating Schuurs then tacks inside to thrash a shot that hits Martinez on the shins. Whip dip and spin from Robertson and Firmino rises to head too soon and glances it wide of the far post. Given the number of European games they have appeared in down the years, you could be forgiven for thinking they had come up against each numerous times. All the talk had been of Van Dijk’s absence and the effect it would have on Liverpool, who will be almost as pleased with the clean sheet as the points, although they were fortunate not to concede against a typically vibrant young Ajax side in the heavy Amsterdam rain. It’s all about perception. He’s good enough. Yes. Milner shifts the ball quickly into the box from a quickly-taken throw but Ajax deal with it. This was some goal-line clearance from Fabinho! More time gone. The sight of Mane having bags of ice placed on a knee might have caused some additional alarm, especially with Liverpool already missing goalkeeper Alisson Becker, Thiago Alcantara and Joel Matip – all out injured – and the anxiety from Klopp was clear in a ­fretful first half. Alisson, the other catalyst to Liverpool’s great success, is still missing with a shoulder problem, but he could be back by the end of the month. Five minutes in total to be added on. No grab, no tug, no penalty. Kudus is on the floor holding his right knee. They're checking him for a neck injury but he's OK. The centre-back bullets a header back across goal and on target but Adrian, who looks jittery with ball to feet, makes a good save. Ajax vs. Liverpool will be shown live in the UK on BT Sport 2, with coverage getting underway at 7pm (BST) ahead of an 8pm start. Liverpool will be hellbent on clinching European Cup number seven this season and the group stage starts with a testing trip to Ajax. You'd put your house on Tadic's control and touch but for once his nerve deserts him and he takes an extra touch forcing him wide and Alexander-Arnold, hounding him, gets back to block the cross/shot. Liverpool free-kick. Drew 0-0 vs. Arsenal (lost 5-4 on penalties) Ajax take it short to Tadic who arcs over a deep cross beyond the back post for Martinez. Then he said, 'But we will try' failing to mask the exasperation before asking whether the man in question, who had greeted him with a cheery 'Evening, Klopp', was actually a journalist at all. Robertson bombs up the left but switches play across the back four when Mazaroui speeds in to close him down. Referee: Felix Brych (GER). Excellent defending. Ajax may not be one of the best sides around these days, but their name is still synonymous with top-level football. However, Nicolas Tagliafico made a horrible mess of it as he attempted to clear and somehow got himself into a tangle and side-footed into his own net, with goalkeeper Andre Onana stranded. Ajax 0-1 Liverpool: Champions League – as it happened. Rhys Williams, a centre-back, replaces Milner. Schuurs shows his class at the other end, throwing himself at a Diogo Jota snap shot from 20 yards and diverting it over for a corner that Wijnaldum heads about six inches over. The only meeting came in the second round of the European Cup back in 1966/67 – a two-legged tie in which the Dutch outfit prevailed. He shifts it inside to Neres who loses out in the air to Gomez. Ah football, why do we do it to ourselves? The likes of Takumi Minamino and Diogo Jota will be hoping for a chance if Klopp rests one of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane or Roberto Firmino, while Gini Wijnaldum could come back into the midfield. Tagliafico turns back on to his right in a spot parallel with the 18-yard line. Alexander-Arnold is booked for wasting time as he feigns to throw in one too many times for the ref. Won 7-2 vs. Lincoln. Liverpool begin their Champions League campaign with a trip to Ajax on Wednesday night, looking for a perfect response from their Merseyside derby injustice. What a strike. At last night's press conference, Jurgen Klopp was asked by a journalist, whose credentials for being present he later  snippily questioned, whether, and I paraphrase, he felt Liverpool stood any chance of coping with Ajax in the absence of Thiago Alcantara and 'Virgil van Dijk. Mane, standing 10 yards in front of Schuurs on the left, lets Roberston's drilled pass scoot under his foot. I would respectfully suggest that, though resources are thin at centre-half, Matip and Gomez are fine players, Fabinho looks at home there even if it wastes his vital midfield contributions, Wijnaldum looks OK in there and I think Milner could also play there alongside Matip. Before half-time there was also an extraordinary clearance from Fabinho as he sprinted back to hook the ball off the goal-line after Neres had picked out Dusan Tadic and the former Southampton forward lifted his shot over Adrian and towards the net. The game has gone a little scrappy as the subs take time to settle. Triple Liverpool substitution: Shaqiri, Minamino and Jota replace Mane, Firmino and Salah. He's either got some ankle socks on over his black ones or has chopped the feet off his black ones. “Some nice stories, three points,” a relieved Klopp said after the anxious headlines of recent days and as Liverpool and Atalanta – who won away at Liverpool’s next opponents FC Midtjylland – took early control of Group D. Quite drab after the break. Onana is miles out of his goal, taking the sweeper keeper affectation a bit too far. Remarkably, this is only the third competitive meeting between Liverpool and Ajax in history. Possible Ajax XI: Onana, Mazraoui, Schuurs, Blind, Tagliafico, Klaassen, Kudus, Gravenberch, Neres, Tadic, Promes. But he falls when Schuurs brushes his arm. ⛔️A vital one too, with Liverpool beating Ajax 1-0 in Amsterdam... pic.twitter.com/EbJ3QQYer2. Substitutes Kelleher, Henderson, Minamino, Jota, Shaqiri, Origi, Rhys Williams, Neco Williams, Jaros, Cain. Liverpool's defence is very shaky, penetrating the space behind and wide of Alexander-Arnold with ease. Liverpool break after two necessary and crisp tackles by Fabinho halt Promes who was trying to combine with Tadic to quickstep through the box. 8:49PM 45+2 min Ajax 0 Liverpool 1 Lost 1-0 vs. Groningen Fabinho mops it up and both sides carelessly cede possession a few times in quick succession. Mane takes atouch to the left of the centre-circle in the Ajax half and spins Klaassen who pulls him back. Only a stoppage time goal from Tottenham‘s Lucas Moura deprived them of a place in the Champions League final against Liverpool, before a predictable exodus took place. Gomez is playing in Van Dijk's position as the left centre-back, Milner on the left of Wijnaldum, Jones on the right. Blind again sweeps up at the back with an astute read of Firmino's intention and anticipation of Martinez making a mistake, nipping in to toe it away from the centre-forward. We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. 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Slick passing move from Liverpool sends Salah dribbling up the right before cutting back inside and knocking it back to Wijnaldum who sprints to reach it in the nick of time, poking it up to Jones. Sense that Klopp will clear the bench and use all five subs tonight whatever happens. Klaassen thunders a right-foot shot that fades away from Adrian and smacks into the inside of the left post.

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