Mohammed Kudus Named MoTM For Ajax Against Rangers

Ghana forward, Mohammed Kudus has been named Man of the Match after his outstanding performance for Ajax in the 4-0 victory against Rangers.

The Dutch giants today hosted the Scottish club at the Amsterdam Arena in the first game of Group A of this season’s Uefa Champions League.

Following a good start to the game, Edson Alvarez scored in the 17th minute to give the hosts a deserved lead.

🇬🇭 Mohammed Kudus opens his UEFA Champions goal scoring account in style.

🔝 🌍 African Talent #AJARAN|#ChampionLeague|#UCL pic.twitter.com/9gtGnPbxDc

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🇬🇭 Mohammed Kudus is now the 7th in 15 years to score a goal,provide an assist & not misplace a single pass in a UEFA Champions League game.

🔥 Kudus follows in the foot prints of Bayern Munich’s Serge Gnabry vs. Barcelona in 2020.

🔝Talent #AJARAN|#ChampionLeague|#UCL pic.twitter.com/6DDz5pkVTk

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🇬🇭 Ajax’s Mohammed Kudus is now the 1st Ghanaian to score and assist in a UEFA Champions League game since 2011.

🔥 The last Ghanaian to do so was André Ayew for Olympic Marseille vs.
Borussia Dortmund in 2011.#AJARAN|#ChampionLeague|#UCL pic.twitter.com/M9L5xlcj66

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Later in the 32nd minute, Mohammed Kudus displayed his brilliance and assisted Steven Berghuis to equalize to double the lead for Ajax.

Mohammed Kudus vs Rangers:

• 27/27 passes completed
• 1 key pass
• 5/6 dribbles completed
• 1 assist
• 1 incredible goal pic.twitter.com/IFc3X2CD8E

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Just a minute later, the talented Ghana forward went on a solo run and scored with a fantastic effort to ensure his team went into the break with a 3-goal lead.

Thanks to a goal from Steven Bergwijn in the 80th minute, Ajax secured a 4-0 win at the end of the 90 minutes to bag three big points.

🇬🇭 Mohammed Kudus tonight became the first Ghanaian to score and assist in a UEFA Champions League game since 2011. André Ayew was the last Ghanaian to achieve this feat doing it against Borussia Dortmund whilst playing for Marseille. pic.twitter.com/R4AyJxpadF

— Owuraku Ampofo (@_owurakuampofo) September 7, 2022

On his first start for his club today, Mohammed Kudus played 88 minutes before his place was taken by compatriot Brian Brobbey.

He bagged the Man of the Match award for his jaw-dropping displays.