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Commentary
The Ajax 'keeper managed to block a wicked shot.
GOAL!! A shot from FER raced through a ruck of players and bounced past the unsighted IRAIZOZ. (1-0 Ajax)
GOAL!! MARQUEZ tried to play the ball out of the Espanyol penalty area but was tackled by HUNTELAAR who turned the ball to LENS for a simple goal. (2-0 Ajax)
11¹CASTRO dummied SCHILDER but slammed the ball into the arms of the Ajax 'keeper.
16¹A penalty box meleé resulted in WIJNALDUM knocking the ball wide.
24¹A shot from TAMUDO was booted off the line by SCHILDER.
27¹A useful ball from SORIANO on the right bobbled toward GERARD who mishit his effort over.
34¹ILSINHO dribbled past SNEIJDER and stroked a weak shot past the post.
41¹SCHILDER flicked a simple chance past the righthand post.
43¹A twenty-five yard drive from SORIANO caused CILLESSEN no problem.
The referee cautions LENS for an off-the-ball incident against SORIANO.
TAMUDO fired the ball through a ruck of players but the Ajax 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
A free-kick from SORIANO went inches wide.
TAMUDO was put clear by GERARD and he dummied the Ajax 'keeper but glanced his shot wide.
13²The 'keeper was able to palm clear a poor shot from SORIANO.
16²A pin-point pass found SORIANO and his deadly effort floated narrowly over.
22²GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of LENS who drove the ball past the helpless 'keeper. (3-0 Ajax)
27²GOAL!! A goalmouth meleé culminated with SORIANO rocketing the ball into the net. (3-1 Ajax)
30²HUNTELAAR kicked the ball wide from just outside the area.
31²The hapless Espanyol 'keeper could only watch as a backpass from ILSINHO fell just wide.
34²A cross from FERNÁNDEZ left TAMUDO in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
39²LENS scuffed a simple chance.

 
Ajax
 
League position: 9
Home league form: XWWW
Overall league form: LXXWXWWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Jasper CILLESSEN1Gorka IRAIZOZ(c)
Gregory VAN DER WIEL2JOÃO Pedro CANCELO
Robbert SCHILDER3José CASTRO
Georginio WIJNALDUM4Matías FERNÁNDEZ
Jan-Arie VAN DER HEIJDEN5Nicolás OTAMENDI
Ron VLAAR6Rafael MARQUEZ
(c)Wesley SNEIJDER7ILSINHO
Jeremain LENS8Roberto SORIANO
(p)Klaas-Jan HUNTELAAR9Raúl TAMUDO(p)
(f)Leroy FER10Patricio ARAUJO(f)
Leroy GEORGE11GERARD Moreno
Manager
Urby EMANUELSON  12  Alou DIARRA
Maarten STEKELENBURG  13  David OSPINA
Ruud VORMER  14  KLÉBER Giacomance
Dirk MARCELLIS  15Yossi BENAYOUN
Stefan NIJLAND  16  Florent MALOUDA
 
Espanyol
 
League position: 16
Away league form: LLWL
Overall league form: WLWLWLLW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Ajax 3 Espanyol 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 44,454, Stadium: Amsterdam Arena, Referee: Nikolai Levnikov 8)

Fer 4¹, Lens 7¹, Lens 22²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Soriano 27²
 GerardóBenayoun 12²
  
Lens 2² 
11
620
12
37
56
813
05
60%40%
Man of the match: Jan-Arie van der Heijden