The Ghanaian midfielder maintained his excellent form on Tuesday, when he silenced Anfield with an unstoppable goal.
Mohammed Kudus’ thundering goal in Ajax’s 2-1 loss to Liverpool in their Uefa Champions League match at Anfield on Tuesday set a new career high by scoring five goals in his past four games.
For Ajax, the Ghanaian midfielder started up front, and it took him until the 27th minute to make an impact when he leveled the score by smashing home a Steven Berghuis pass after Egypt striker Mohamed Salah had given Liverpool the lead in the 17th.
Kudus was found by Berghuis at the edge of the box, and the Ghanaian sent an unstoppable rocket that hit the crossbar with his left foot to make it five goals in his last four games.
Kudus! 🇬🇭⚽️
5 goals in his last 4 Ajax games 🔥#UCL pic.twitter.com/6wlOQoo7Jw
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) September 13, 2022
It is the second Champions League goal in as many games for Kudus who also scored and provided an assist as Ajax thrashed Rangers 4-0 in Amsterdam last week.
The goal against Rangers was his second of the season after opening his 2022-23 account by netting in the 4-0 league defeat of Cambuur on September 3 and followed it up with a double in Ajax’s 5-0 mauling of Heerenveen 5-0 in an Eredivisie fixture last Saturday.
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Before the goal, Kudus had caused the Liverpool backline problems with his pace in behind, his first opportunity coming after eight minutes when he drove into the box but could not find the space to shoot.
The Ghanaian had an impressive first half, ending it with an 100 per cent chance conversion rate after scoring from his only shot while he won four duels and had three touches in the opposition box.
Mohammed Kudus for Ajax in the first half vs. Liverpool:
100% chance conversion
4 duels won
3 touches in opp. box
3 successful take-ons
3x possession won
1 shot
1 goalGoals in back-to-back #UCL games for the forward. ⚽ pic.twitter.com/6mGwz5jb6B
— Squawka (@Squawka) September 13, 2022
His influenced waned in the second half as Liverpool upped the ante but he had one opportunity to score when he made another run behind the defence with 18 minutes to go only to be flagged offside.
Kudus was replaced after 86 minutes and left the pitch after managing 29 touches, three successive dribbles past opponents out of the five he attempted, while he had a 67 per cent pass accuracy after seeing eight of his 12 passes find their targets.
Kudus has quickly turned around his season after appearing to be on the way out of the club last month due to limited opportunities under coach Alfred Schreuder.
Tuesday’s match was his third straight start after playing bit-part roles in Ajax’s opening six games of the season and he is now making it harder for Schreuder to leave him out of the starting 11.
