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Ajax 1 Benfica 0: Last-gasp Mazraoui seals dramatic win

UEFA Champions League: Ajax are level at the top of Group E alongside Bayern Munich after Noussair Mazraoui was their Champions League hero once again.

By Opta
Erik Ten Hag has guided Ajax to top

Amsterdam, October 24: Noussair Mazraoui again proved to be Ajax's man for the big Champions League occasion as his injury-time strike sunk Benfica 1-0 in Amsterdam.

An absorbing encounter looked set to end goalless after Benfica centre-back German Conti and goalkeeper Odisseas Vlachodimos made incredible last-ditch interventions to keep Kasper Dolberg and Donny van de Beek at bay respectively.

But right-back Mazraoui, who scored in the 1-1 draw against Bayern Munich last time out, lashed a deflected effort past Vlachodimos at the death to send the Johan Cruyff ArenA into raptures.

The result leaves Erik ten Hag's side dead level with Bayern at the Group E summit after three games, with both teams on seven points and holding an identical goal difference.

Story first published: Wednesday, October 24, 2018, 3:14 [IST]
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