Liverpool vs Ajax LIVE: Latest Champions League updates

Into the last ten. Thiago skips around a challenge and curls one at goal, but it’s well held.

Van Dijk heads at goal again, Bassey blocks it with his face, then clears it and then goes to ground when Tsimikas tries to cross it back in. The ref stops play. Van Dijk is incensed.

Grillitsch is on for Taylor for Ajax.

Another corner is met by a red shirt but Matip heads well over. Ajax go straight up the other end and on the second phase it breaks to Dusan Tadic who has done nothing all game, he picks out Blind at the far post and his cross is perfect – and Blind’s deliberate header across goal misses Alisson’s far post by all of an inch.

Kudus runs behind the defence and wallops in another strike on goal, but Alisson saves and the usual late offside flag then goes up. Into the final 20 minutes we go, Liverpool certainly still searching for a route to a winner but as yet not having too much clear idea of how to get there.

Nothing yet for Darwin Nunez to feed off, though he has just fouled Timber while chasing a lost cause.

Good tackle by Alexander-Arnold when faced one-on-one with Bergwijn. Diaz then escapes Rensch and drives toward goal but his strike is eventually blocked.

Tsimikas lofts a cross to Matip after both he and Van Dijk spurned shooting chances, but the eventual nod drops wide. Rensch is now down and wanting medical attention, though the home fans aren’t convinced since his number has just gone up on the board.

Liverpool subs: Darwin Nunez and Roberto Firmino on for Diogo Jota and Harvey Elliott.

Ajax sub: Rensch off, Jorge Sanchez.

Matip booked now as Bergwijn turns him and the centre-back hauls him down.

The next Liverpool attacking wave comes down the left as Thiago and Fabinho free Diaz, he gives Tsimikas the ball on the overlap and a low cross is met by Jota – but so too is Timber there to make a sliding block! Moments later Salah beats the keeper to the ball and Elliott eventually puts it in the side-netting but the offside flag is up. Looks dubious on the replay so it might have counted, had it gone in.

Firmino and Darwin are about to come on.

Finally a yellow card for Alvarez as he clatters once more through the back of Jota.

Tsimikas does really well to beat Tadic to the ball and then beat him with the ball, but when Salah is shoved off his feet by Bassey there’s no free-kick coming his way. He’s unhappy and flaps about on the ground to display his dissatisfaction. We head past the hour mark at Anfield.

Salah and Elliott combine in the right channel and the latter bends an effort on target, but it’s never really threatening the keeper.

Matip twice interrupts attempted Ajax attacks and almost frees Diaz; soon after the Colombian fouls Alvarez. It’s a little stop-start just now.

Timber goes straight through Jota and it’s a poor foul after an equally poor pass by Rensch. Somehow he escapes a card. Tsimikas delivers the free-kick…Van Dijk with a third headed chance of the night, but this one is well over the bar.

Big chance at both ends! Diaz keeps the ball in play but it sets away Bergwijn on the counter. His cut-back is to Kudus in the box but he miscontrols and goes down, no foul at all and play on – Liverpool go straight up the other end, Jota takes on two and rifles in a driven shot which Pasveer has to save!

We are back underway at Anfield!