00:00And away they go, and it is Ajax who kick off, attacking the goal to our left.
00:05Liverpool tonight are playing in yellow shirts, an unusual colour for them,
00:08but they've had to change because there is some red in the Ajax strip.
00:12So Liverpool for identification in the light shirts with the black shorts.
00:16And everybody in this ground, certainly the Liverpool people,
00:19desperately hoping for a quick goal.
00:22Remember, they've got to pull back four goals tonight,
00:24and that would be an ordeal against any side at all.
00:29First free kick of the game in the first minute,
00:32and it is Liverpool being spurred on as Tommy Smith takes the long one.
00:37Muller again.
00:39Noeninga.
00:43And Ajax very glad to clear the ball upfield, get rid of it anywhere.
00:49Smith again for Liverpool.
00:56There he is again Muller, the most experienced player in the Ajax side.
01:00Dirty caps.
01:01Beautiful pass.
01:04And it is Schwart.
01:06This is a very dangerous man indeed.
01:11And there, in that one quick flash of opportunism,
01:14you saw just how good this attack is.
01:19Smith through St John.
01:24No.
01:37Tony Franck, the big centre back getting it away.
01:39Oh, bad pass.
01:46Yates thankfully getting his leg, and it's Liverpool on the attack,
01:48and Thompson has got a good chance here.
01:51Oh, he hit the bar.
01:55Oh, what a slice of luck that would have been if it's just a little bit lower.
01:59Beautiful move by Thompson, but hitting the bar in the...
02:07Liverpool look quickly into the attack.
02:09Milne at the moment.
02:12But Ajax still playing very coolly.
02:19Milne.
02:20He must be offside.
02:25Oh, unfortunately, but at last Liverpool get it into the goal.
02:29Offside.
02:30By a long way.
02:37Now Thompson.
02:43That ball.
02:44This has been one of Liverpool's failings tonight.
02:46Putting the ball too square and too off and back.
02:49This time it's given a break to Ajax.
02:55And that's it.
02:58Ajax are one up.
03:01And that gives them an aggregate lead of 6-1.
03:07Well, I think that that must be the end of the Liverpool hopes.
03:14And the squatter.
03:17Proudly.
03:17Centre-forward.
03:18The idol of Amsterdam.
03:19The 19-year-old boy.
03:31St. John.
03:34It's Hunt.
03:36Hunt has scored.
03:38Ten minutes gone.
03:39Ajax won.
03:40Liverpool won now.
03:42Spide appeals from the Ajax players that Hunt was offside.
03:47He scored his first goal in six games and brought a glimmer, a bare glimmer of hope to Liverpool.
03:54Now 6-2 down on aggregate.
04:00It's Stevenson.
04:02Good one.
04:03Thompson.
04:11Ended move.
04:12Cutting in from the left.
04:13Shooting with the right foot.
04:14With the head in the way.
04:17And the back header there.
04:18From his own defender.
04:20Causing balls a lot of trouble.
04:22Rushing over to take it.
04:23Goes to Thompson.
04:26Milne.
04:29Oh, telegraphing his movement too easily.
04:38High reserves.
04:40Lanky, striving left winger.
04:45And it's another one for Ajax.
04:47Another complete breakaway.
04:49Oh, that's 2-1 for Ajax.
04:52They've done it again once more.
04:54The centre-forward.
04:55Krauth in the middle.
04:57Waiting for the pass from the left.
04:58And touching it into the open goal.
05:01And so Ajax once more.
05:03Go ahead.
05:06Smith.
05:12Callaghan.
05:28And well might Roger Hunt nod his head.
05:31A little ill luck.
05:32Not able to get to the ball.
05:34Again the goal gaping in front of him.
05:44So a normal play.
05:45Just five minutes left.
05:46Possibly a little bit through.
05:47Added on for stoppages.
05:50And Liverpool want a goal.
05:52A minute.
05:53If they're to stay in the European Champions Cup.
05:55Because they're 72 down on aggregate.
06:02And there's one of them surely.
06:04Yes, Hunter's got it.
06:05Only four down.
06:06So that makes it.
06:072-2.
06:11Well, wonders never cease. Miracles constantly happen in football.
06:16Could it possibly be that Liverpool can pull four back in just over four minutes?
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