Liverpool played their first UCL game of the season against Ajax on Wednesday evening, and Jurgen Klopp fielded a squad missing Virgil van Dijk and several key midfielders, with young Curtis Jones being given a start.

Just as he had done against Chelsea, Fabinho was hugely impressive filling in at centre-back. He played alongside VVD against the Blues, but partnered Joe Gomez here against the Dutch giants and was key to the Reds and goalkeeper Adrian keeping a much needed clean sheet.

Nicolas Tagliafico’s unwitting own goal gave the Reds a 1-0 win in the Dutch capital.

Player ratings for Liverpool players against Ajax from the local Echo paper

Here is a classy quote tweet from Manchester City’s French defender Aymeric Laporte- his reaction to Van Dijk’s announcement of his injury. Wishes him the best of luck and they’re “not rejoicing as rivals”

Laporte tweet in response

Van Dijk original announcement of injury tweet