Jurgen Klopp: Never take Liverpool's last-16 feat for granted

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp stressed qualifying for the Champions League knockout stages should never be taken for granted after his side secured a last-16 spot with a 3-0 win at Ajax.

Having survived a number of attempts on goal by the hosts, which included Steven Berghuis rattling the woodwork early on, the Reds went ahead in the 42nd minute at the Johan Cruyff Arena via Mohamed Salah's finish.

Darwin Nunez hit a post soon after, before extending the visitors' lead with a 49th-minute header, and Harvey Elliott then added a fine strike three minutes later as Klopp's men, needing only a point to join Group A leaders Napoli in the next round, claimed all three.

Liverpool conclude their group games next Tuesday by hosting Napoli, who they are three points behind and lost 4-1 to in their European campaign opener.

Klopp said: "I didn't think a second about the Napoli game yet, but qualifying for the knockout stages I think nobody ever should take for granted, it's really difficult.

"We did it again, which is a big achievement in itself, in a game which started off really tricky for us, and that makes the victory in the end even sweeter, because Ajax are a really good team, and we beat them twice (also winning 2-1 at Anfield in September).

"Today the first half an hour, maybe 35 minutes, they were the better team. They looked much more settled than us - that might be normal because we changed again slightly, and we had to press slightly different and had to get used to that. But that's normal, it's an away game in the Champions League, it's difficult.

"We came through that, with one situation where we were probably lucky and the other with a good block and then we scored our goal, and you can see how the goal can open pretty much