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🇩🇪 Marc ter Stegen on Instagram. #Ajax

VriendenLoterij Eredivisie table after matchday 7. @eredivisie

🇩🇪 Julian Brandt on Instagram. #Ajax

🎙️ Ruben den Uil (head coach Excelsior): “Tolu is a cheat code in this league. Even if you would score a 10 out of 10 on marking in the box, he could still outjump you to score a header.” #Ajax #ajaexc @ESPNnl

🎙️ Tolu: “I was tired 5 minutes after coming on. I am still not 100%, I still feel weak. I am not as recovered [from illness] as I thought I was. I wanted to start, but I couldn’t. I am happy I could come on, and now during the international break hopefully I get to recover properly and help my country.” #Ajax #ajaexc @ESPNnl

🎙️ Tolu: “The Excelsior defenders pulled me back a lot. When you are a big guy, the referee doesn’t think it is a foul, but I think it is a foul. There were moments where I wanted to jump, but I was grabbed so I couldn’t. That’s very frustrating sometimes.” #Ajax #ajaexc @ESPNnl

🎙️ Tolu: “I am happy I could score. We were unlucky, we deserved to win this game. We had a lot of chances. The goal? Good ball by Oscar Gloukh, I just had to get my boot against it.” #Ajax #ajaexc @ESPNnl

🎙️ Míchel Sánchez: “We will use the upcoming weeks to get the players ready who are not fit now. We will also continue working on the tactical patterns with the players who weren’t selected for their national team.” #Ajax #ajaexc @ESPNnl

🎙️ Míchel Sánchez: “I will tell the players that they have to keep on going like this. If we keep playing like this, the wins will come eventually.” #Ajax #ajaexc @ESPNnl

🎙️ Míchel Sánchez: “The players did well today. We were unlucky and I am disappointed. The defence? We only gave away 4 chances. They were very clinical, that’s why we didn’t win.” #Ajax #ajaexc @ESPNnl

🎙️ Marc ter Stegen: “Julian Brandt not being called up for the German national team? Jule is doing a great job and if he keeps this up, Jürgen Klopp will always be looking for the best players. For us, he is a game-changer.” #Ajax #ajaexc @ESPNnl

🎙️ Marc ter Stegen: “What does it mean for me to return to the German national team? A lot. I suffered on the way back, I am happy that I am back at it. For every little child, it is a dream to play for their country. And after the last two years where I wasn’t available, it means a lot, also because of the way the people treat me in Germany.” #Ajax #ajaexc @ESPNnl

🎙️ Marc ter Stegen: “Everyone who saw the game knows we deserved more. It can always happen that they score, but in the end, we shouldn’t concede two goals. If you score twice at home, it should be enough for the win. We should have killed the match in the first half already.” #Ajax #ajaexc @ESPNnl

🎙️ Davy Klaassen: “We played well and created enough chances, but we missed too many. That is very frustrating. The lack of clean sheets? We did well defensively, but we didn’t do well on two moments. We’ll have to improve on that quickly. Otherwise, you’ll have to score 3 or 4 goals every match and you saw today that you can’t always do that.” #Ajax #ajaexc @ESPNnl

⚪️🔴⚪️ Once the international break is over, Ajax will have the following schedule in the VriendenLoterij Eredivisie: NEC (H) FC Groningen (A) Sparta (A) AZ (H)

⚖️ Full-time in Amsterdam. Ajax drop points at home against Excelsior, despite shooting 33 times and having 81% possession. Ajax took the lead after Julian Brandt scored again. Excelsior equalised before half-time, through Lennard Hartjes. After the break, Aymen Sliti gave the visitors the lead. Shortly after, Tolu equalized. In the last 30 minutes, Ajax created lots of chances, including 9 shots from Tolu, but failed to score the winner: 2-2. 👇 Thoughts on tonight? #Ajax #ajaexc

A minimum of 4 minutes of additional time will be played. #Ajax #ajaexc

Jorthy Mokio and Davy Klaassen have been replaced by Sofyan Amrabat and Abdellah Ouazane. #Ajax #ajaexc

Another low cross by Oscar Gloukh and Tolu hammers home with the outside of his foot! #Ajax #ajaexc

2-2!!! Toluuuuuuuuu!!!!! #Ajax #ajaexc