CONTRASTING FORTUNES FOR LIVERPOOL, REAL MADRID: It was happening night at the Uefa Champions League on Tuesday. Liverpool, depleted as they are with a spate of injuries, relied on a strike by teenager Curtis Jones to see off Ajax and make their way to last 16 as manager Jurgen Klopp called it one of their ‘most difficult’ fixtures in the competition which they won last year. However, Zinedine Zidane seems to be unable to replicate the magic with Real Madrid, which saw the Spanish giants almost establish a stranglehold on the European title not so long ago. Shakhtar Donetsk, the Ukrainian side, won both their home and away matches to push the decorated side on the threshold of an early exit. The Frenchman, however, is in no mood to give up so easily. [COMMENT BY: Gautam Bhattacharyya, Senior Associate Editor]
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