Liverpool left it late to beat Ajax but Joel Matip's late Anfield header blew Champions League Group A wide open.
The Merseysiders looked back to their best in the early stages and that sense of rolling back the months continued when Mohamed Salah opened the scoring with a clinical finish. Ajax were holding on and could have gone two behind when Virgil van Dijk header over - but it took them just ten minutes to get level.
The equaliser came through Mohammed Kudus, who fired home his second goal in two Champions League games in some style. After netting against Rangers in Amsterdam last week, he rifled one into Alisson's top corner to silence Anfield before the half-hour mark. The Reds struggled to fine their rhythm after that with Luis Diaz firing into the side-netting. But the introductions of Darwin Nunez and Roberto Firmino turned the tide and they eventually picked up their first win of the Champions League campaign.
Joel Matip's late header needed goal-line technology to decide it but the result means that the three Group A frontrunners sit on three points apiece ahead of Rangers' clash with Napoli on Wednesday. A Rangers win would blow the group wide open while a draw would give them a foothold heading into the double-header with the Reds after the break.
The Reds' next Euro clash comes at Ibrox after the international break with Gio van Bronckhorst's team travelling to Anfield a week later, hoping to put another dent in their pride after a difficult start to the season.
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