Manchester City's Champions League campaign is in tatters after they were beaten 3-1 by Ajax in Amsterdam tonight.

The reigning Premier League champions opened the scoring against the run of play in the 22nd minute when Samir Nasri received a pass from James Milner to slot home clinically over Ajax keeper Kenneth Vermeer.

However, Ajax managed to restore parity on the stroke of half-time when Siem de Jong hammered home after Gareth Barry was unable to cut out Ricardo van Rhijn's fierce drive across goal.

The home side then produced more efficiency in attack when Niklas Moisander glanced a header from a corner past Joe Hart before Christian Eriksen wrapped up the contest with just over 20 minutes with a deflected shot off Gael Clichy.

Ajax thoroughly deserved the victory which sees them climb off the bottom of the Group D table, sending City to the bottom on just one point as Borussia Dortmund leapt to the top as they got the better of Real Madrid 2-1 in Germany.

UEFA Champions League - Group D

Ajax (NED): 3 (Siem de Jong 45', Niklas Moisander 57', Christian Eriksen 68') Manchester City (ENG): 1 (Samir Nasri 22') Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Holland - 45,743

Yellow cards:AJX - Daley Blind 29' MC - Aleksandar Kolarov 75', Yaya Toure 79'