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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Paul Gorst

What happened during Ajax press conference after dance party leads to major pitch concerns

Ajax Remko Pasveer Alfred Schreuder Jurgen Klopp Darwin Nunez UEFA Champions League Naby Keita Napoli Steven Gerrard Thiago

If Liverpool's visit to Ajax represents do-or-die for the Dutch giants in the Champions League on Wednesday night, you wouldn't have known it during the pre-match press conference.

The Eredivisie side may well be entertaining last year's finalists this week but there was a subdued assembly of press on Tuesday afternoon at the Johan Cruyff ArenA.

Goalkeeper Remko Pasveer was up alongside manager Alfred Schreuder in front of a smattering of media that included the ECHO as Ajax prepare to welcome Jurgen Klopp's side to Amsterdam. Here's what we learned from the pre-match press conference.

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