Caoimhin Kelleher saves the day as Liverpool progress to last 16 of Champions League

It was an important and impressive win for Liverpool, against an equally impressive Ajax side, and a night which 22-year-old Cork native Kelleher will long remember

Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher saves the header from Ajax's Klaas-Jan Huntelaar during the Champions League clash against Ajax. Picture: Michael Regan/PA Wire

Champions League: Liverpool 1 Ajax 0

All eyes focused on young Liverpool keeper Caoimhin Kelleher on an important Champions League night at Anfield but it was his opposite number in the Ajax goal who made the most telling contribution to a result that sees Jurgen Klopp’s side win their group.