Hakim Ziyech's brilliant goal sent Ajax on their way to an impressive 3-0 victory at Valencia as last season's semi-finalists took control of Champions League Group H.
Ziyech's stunning strike on Wednesday gave Ajax an eighth-minute lead at Mestalla, before Daniel Parejo missed a penalty for the hosts and Quincy Promes made it two.
An excellent team goal, finished off by Donny van de Beek, capped another eye-catching display by Ajax as they continued to make light of losing Frenkie de Jong and Matthijs de Ligt to Barcelona and Juventus in the close season respectively.
"In the first half, Valencia were much better, in my eyes. We didn't defend well," the 22-year-old Van de Beek told uefa.com.
"The second half was much better -- we made nice goals and winning 3-0 away is really nice. We made the chances and finished them well. In the end, we could have had one or two goals more."
"At times on the sideline I can really enjoy us playing football. Not many teams can do this at Mestalla."
"We had chances in the first half but didn't take them, but we played well. They were more clinical than us in front of goal."
- Parejo blazes over -
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