Ajax, Chelsea and Premier League
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Chelsea are searching for back-to-back Champions League wins when they face a struggling Ajax side in Gameweek 3 of the league phase.
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The expectation will be for Chelsea to win with ease after Ajax fell to Marseille last time out, but with Joao Pedro suspended for the match, more changes will be needed up top. Marc Guiu was recalled from loan at Sunderland when Nicolas Jackson was loaned to Bayern Munich on transfer deadline day,
Coverage of Chelsea’s clash with the Dutch giants will be broadcast on TNT Sports, with the fixture being shown on TNT Sports 2 and TNT Sports Ultimate. The game is also available to stream on discovery+ and the discovery+ app.
Chelsea resume their Champions League campaign on Wednesday, when they host Ajax at Stamford Bridge. Enzo Maresca's side followed their Premier League win over Liverpool with a 3-0 hammering of Nottingham Forest, a result that saw Ange Postecoglou sacked.
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Referee Felix Zwayer initially assessed the action with a yellow card, but was then advised by the VAR to correct it. Consequently, the Dutchman saw a straight red. To make matters worse, Marc Guiu nailed the resulting free kick into the net. Moises Caicedo increased the lead to 2-0 shortly after.
Ajax suffered there third defeat in a row when they were hammered 5-1 in London by Chelsea. Things were certainly not helped by Kenneth Taylor’s red card in the 15th minute of the game, and