Ajax supervisor, John Heitinga, has claimed their recreation plan in opposition to Chelsea was going properly till they have been decreased to 10 males.
Heitinga, nevertheless, admitted that the Blues have been one of many “higher groups” within the Champions League.
Ajax misplaced 5-1 to Chelsea of their third recreation within the competitors on Wednesday evening.
Enzo Maresca made 10 modifications to the workforce that beat Nottingham Forest within the Premier League on the weekend.
However the consequence was by no means unsure after Kenneth Taylor was despatched off inside the opening 20 minutes.
Marc Guiu gave the hosts the lead, earlier than Moises Caicedo doubled their benefit.
Wout Weghorst pulled one objective again for Ajax, earlier than Enzo Fernandez and Estevao Willian transformed penalties earlier than half-time.
Tyrique George added Chelsea’s fifth after the break.
“The sport plan was working and I believe it was onerous for them to interrupt the traces. We even had one offensive transition with Mika Godts,” Heitinga instructed reporters.
“Then the crimson card occurred and I believe they scored two targets from the penalty spot, then two targets have been deflected. I can not blame the gamers, they have been working actually onerous.”
