Liverpool, Ajax Cruise Into Champions League Knockout Rounds

Ajax players celebrate at the end of the Champions League group C soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and Ajax Amsterdam in Dortmund, Germany, on Nov. 3, 2021. Ajax won 3:1. Martin Meissner/AP Photo

GENEVA—Liverpool and Ajax extended their perfect winning records in the Champions League on Wednesday to advance into the round of 16—which is starting to take a 1970s throwback look.

Liverpool cruised past Atlético Madrid 2–0 at Anfield and Ajax hit 10-man Borussia Dortmund with late goals in a 3–1 come-from-behind win in Germany.