After the car crash of Naples, Liverpool’s Champions League journey finally jolted into top gear with a dramatic late victory at Anfield.
And it was unlikely hero Joel Matip who produced the winner just a minute from the end of a pulsating contest, with a header that exposed Ajax weakness at set pieces. Chief mechanic Jurgen Klopp will take much heart from the fact that his side’s engine finally seems to be running sweetly again, after a dynamic performance in an exciting contest with Ajax that produced the deserved dramatic finale.
Yet they were forced to leave it so late after being undone by another moment of careless, switched-off defending to gift the Dutch side an equaliser, and - chiefly - some poor finishing which has become a worrying trend for the Reds.
