Ajax held a strong Wolves side to a 1-1 draw after facing a lot of pressure from the newly promoted side.

After a close first half which saw Donny van de Beek give Ajax the lead, Wolves piled the pressure on in the second half, with a Ruben Neves penalty leveling the tie.

Daley Blind was forced to wait for his start of his Ajax return as Erik ten Hag named the defender on the bench.

Ajax had the better of the early exchanges, with David Neres and Noa Lang looking dangerous on the wings.

Wolves began to find their feet in the game midway through the first half, with Diogo Jota having two efforts at goal blocked to his frustration.

Jota found himself one on one once again but an excellent piece of goalkeeping form Andre Onana saw the Ajax keeper collect the ball from the wingers feet.

Van de Beek managed to open the scoring for the visitors just before the break, some excellent play between himself and Lang opened space in the box, some smart footwork for van de Beek opened room for him to curl an effort home.

The much anticipated return of Blind truly began in the second half as he replaced Frenkie de Jong at half-time.

Wolves began to take the game to Ajax in the second half, with the threat of Matt Doherty and Ivan Cavaleiro causing problems.

Onana dropped a cross into the box that almost gifted Cavaleiro an open goal, but a brilliant recovery from the goalkeeper managed to save his blushes.

Jota came close once again as a low effort forced Onana into a difficult save at his bottom right corner.

Wolves finally found their breakthrough after Nico Tagliafico brought Helder Costa down in the box, Ruben Neves stepped up and sent Onana the wrong way to level the score.

A late Ajax surge thanks to substitutes Kaj Sierhuis and Victor Jensen gave the visitors hope but they couldn’t break through a tough Wolves defence.

Ajax will be happy with the draw as well as the warm up ahead of a tough Eredivisie season and a Champions League qualifier with Sturm Graz.