Tadic double sends Ajax into Champions League last 16

Soccer Football - Champions League - Group Stage - Group E - AEK Athens v Ajax Amsterdam - OAKA Spiros Louis, Athens, Greece - November 27, 2018 Ajax's Maximilian Wober, Frenkie de Jong and team mates celebrate at the end of the match as AEK Athens' Marios Oikonomou looks dejected REUTERS/Costas Baltas

ATHENS (Reuters) - Ajax Amsterdam reached the Champions League knockout stages for the first time since 2006 after a Dusan Tadic brace gave the Dutch side a 2-0 win over 10-man AEK Athens in Greece on Tuesday.

The result left former European Cup winners Ajax top of Group E on 11 points from five games, one ahead of Bayern Munich who are at home to third-placed Benfica (four points) in the 2000 GMT kickoff.