{"id":156319,"date":"2025-08-18T17:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T17:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/156319\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T17:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T17:57:10","slug":"vitezslav-jaros-makes-strong-impression-amid-chaos-under-john-heitinga-liverpool-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/156319\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitezslav Jaros makes &#8220;strong impression&#8221; amid &#8220;chaos&#8221; under John Heitinga &#8211; Liverpool FC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Liverpool have six players currently on loan, but only four featured across the weekend, with <a data-ail=\"325846\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/vitezslav-jaros\/\" title=\"Vitezslav Jaros\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vitezslav Jaros<\/a> impressing during his second outing in the Netherlands.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>John Heitinga\u2019s Ajax dropped their first points of the season over the weekend, with Jaros conceding twice against Go Ahead Eagles in their first Eredivisie away game of the season.  <\/p>\n<p>Jaros, making his second start of the season, earned a rating of 5.9-out-of-10 from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotmob.com\/download?c=thisisanfield\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FotMob<\/a>, with a goals prevented of -0.46, which means he conceded more goals than he would have expected to.<\/p>\n<p>He did, however, make an important save in the closing minutes of the match by stopping a free-kick from Victor Edvardsen on the edge of the area to keep the score at 2-2 \u2013 it was his only save of the match.<\/p>\n<p>It is Heitinga who is under the microscope, though, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraaf.nl\/sport\/voetbal\/gegoochel-met-ajax-puzzel-leidt-tot-eerste-averij-en-niet-tot-stap-richting-ideaalplaatje-john-heitinga\/84146226.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">De Telegraaf<\/a> saying, \u201cThe unfinished search and the puzzle cost Ajax its first two league points.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Dutch outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volkskrant.nl\/sport\/puzzel-bij-ajax-is-nog-lang-niet-gelegd-blijkt-ook-bij-go-ahead-in-deventer-2-2~b77ddc98\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">De Volkskrant<\/a>, however, says Jaros \u201cis performing admirably\u201d despite the \u201cchaos\u201d at Ajax, with De Telegraaf adding that he \u201conce again made a strong impression\u201d as Ajax\u2019s No. 1. <\/p>\n<p>Although Ajax are finding their feet under Heitinga, the early positive reviews of Jaros make for welcome reading after keeping a clean sheet in their opening game. <\/p>\n<p>He may anticipate a quieter third outing, though, as Ajax host bottom of the table Heracles on Sunday \u2013 a match Heitinga will be expected to win.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, <a data-ail=\"325846\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/luca-stephenson\/\" title=\"Luca Stephenson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Luca Stephenson<\/a> made his second debut for Dundee United after returning for a second spell, playing 90 minutes in midfield as his side were knocked out of the Scottish <a data-ail=\"325846\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/league-cup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">League Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Harvey Davies tasted his fourth defeat in succession with Crawley Town, while <a data-ail=\"325846\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/owen-beck\/\" title=\"Owen Beck\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Owen Beck<\/a> is expected to be out until after the September international break due to a setback with a muscle injury. <\/p>\n<p>A host of Liverpool youngsters are expected to head out on loan in the final fortnight of the transfer window, including <a data-ail=\"325846\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/calvin-ramsay\/\" title=\"Calvin Ramsay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Calvin Ramsay<\/a>, <a data-ail=\"325846\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/kaide-gordon\/\" title=\"Kaide Gordon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kaide Gordon<\/a>, <a data-ail=\"325846\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/lewis-koumas\/\" title=\"Lewis Koumas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lewis Koumas<\/a>, <a data-ail=\"325846\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/james-mcconnell\/\" title=\"James McConnell\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James McConnell<\/a>, <a data-ail=\"325846\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/luke-chambers\/\" title=\"Luke Chambers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Luke Chambers<\/a> and James Balagizi.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool loanee roundup<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy-type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/2024-08-03-121-Liverpool_Preseason_Day_11-Man_Utd-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"COLUMBIA - Saturday, August 3, 2024: Liverpool's goalkeeper Harvey Davies arrives before a pre-season friendly match between Liverpool FC and Manchester United FC at the Williams-Brice Stadium on day eleven of the club's pre-season tour of the USA. Liverpool won 3-0. (Photo by David Rawcliffe\/Propaganda)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"lazy lazy-hidden alignnone size-medium wp-image-306982\"  \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a data-ail=\"325846\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/vitezslav-jaros\/\" title=\"Vitezslav Jaros\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vitezslav Jaros<\/a> (Ajax)<\/strong> \u2013 90 mins vs.  Go Ahead Eagles\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Harvey Davies (Crawley Town)<\/strong> \u2013 90 mins vs. Crewe\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a data-ail=\"325846\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisisanfield.com\/liverpool-fc\/luca-stephenson\/\" title=\"Luca Stephenson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Luca Stephenson<\/a> (Dundee United)<\/strong> \u2013 90 mins vs. Kilmarnock\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>James Norris (Shelbourne FC)<\/strong> \u2013 45 mins vs. St. Pat\u2019s\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Injured:<\/strong> Mabaya, Beck<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool have six players currently on loan, but only four featured across the weekend, with Vitezslav Jaros impressing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":156320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[1836,221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-156319","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-liverpool-fc","9":"tag-soccer","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115051065983732146","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}