by Ansu Fati sealed Brighton’s first victory in the Europa League as they beat Ajax at the American Express Community Stadium that did not improve despite the change of coach and the presence of Hodwiges Maduro on his bench.
Ajax has already gone nine games without winning. Six defeats with this one in England and three draws among all competitions. The historic Dutch team showed no signs of recovery.
Roberto De Zerbi’s English team achieved its first victory and rejoined the fight for classification. Brazilian Joao Pedro opened the scoring. on the brink of half-time after a pass from the Japanese Karou MitomAy sealed the match in the second half with a wonderful finish from Ansu Fati, who scored for the second consecutive game, after a cross from the Ivorian Simon Adingra.
Brighton equal AEK Athens in second place in Group B who leads Marseille with one more point than both. Ajax, with two points from two draws, is the last of the quartet.
