The matchday two games of the group stage of the UEFA Champions League will be played this week following the successful completion of matchday one games last week.
Managers will be looking to either consolidate on results achieved in the first set of games or get back to winning games when they play their second group game next week. For that reason they need all their players fit.
Dutch side Ajax Amsterdam started their campaign on a high with a 3-0 thrashing of Scottish side Rangers and will on Tuesday look for another smashing result when they take on Liverpool at Anfield.
Ahead of the game, their Nigerian defender Calvin Bassey suffered an Injury scare which led to his substitution in their 5-0 win over Heerenveen yesterday in the Eredivisie.
Bassey was once again at the heart of the defence for Ajax helping them to their fifth consecutive clean sheet. As a matter of fact they are yet to concede a goal since Bassey made his full debut.
Speaking on the injury, coach Alfred Schreuder played down concerns that Bassey will miss the game on Tuesday saying the Nigeria international only had a knock “Calvin Bassey’s injury is not too bad. He’s okay. It was just a kick”, he said after the game.
