Ajax won their fifth game in a row against FC Midtjylland on Thursday night, defeating the Danish club 1-6.

Tolu Arokodare put Ajax ahead early on before Friday Etim levelled the score. Towards the end of the first half, Midtjylland went down to 10 men after Kjell Wätjen was shown a red card. Ajax made good use of the man advantage in the second half and found the back of the net five times. Tolu scored his and Ajax's second of the night, and goals from Owen Wijndal, Davy Klaassen, Oscar Gloukh, and Marcos Leonardo followed.

Wijndal had an exceptional game at left-back. In addition to his goal, he also assisted Klaassen's goal.

During the summer transfer window, Ajax were reportedly prepared to allow Wijndal to leave, and the club also signed two new left-backs, Caio Henrique and Jofre Torrents.

Torrents has only started one game, in which he produced a disappointing performance against Hajduk Split. Henrique suffered an injury against NEC Nijmegen and has been unavailable since. In Henrique's absence, Wijndal has produced a string of strong performances, with the best one arguably coming on Thursday night against Midtjylland.

Speaking on ESPN's Voetbalpraat show, Marciano Vink praised Wijndal.

"I do want to mention Wijndal," Vink said, speaking after Ajax's win over Midtjylland.

"He was sort of cast aside and allowed to leave. He trained with Jong Ajax to keep himself somewhat fit. But then you see what can happen if you keep believing."

Wijndal reportedly came quite close to leaving Ajax at the end of the summer transfer window, but Michel Sanchez will probably be quite happy that the full-back ended up staying in Amsterdam.

Henrique will likely play the majority of minutes at left-back for Ajax this season once he is fit, but Wijndal gives Michel Sanchez another very reliable option in that position.

Torrents has rarely played, and based on his performance against Hajduk Split, he probably is not yet ready to start games regularly.

Against Midtjylland, Michel used his full-backs in the half-spaces, with the wingers holding the width. This suits Wijndal very well, as he likes to make underlapping runs and operate in the half-space when Ajax have the ball.

Wijndal's contract at Ajax expires in the summer, and if he continues to produce performances like the one against Midtjylland, Jordi Cruijff may be tempted to offer him a contract extension.

The final decision may well be dependent on how Torrents develops throughout the remainder of the season. If the Spanish full-back starts to play regularly and play well, Cruijff may well decide to let Wijndal go. However, if Torrents continues to struggle for game time, it may be sensible to offer Wijndal a contract extension and send Torrents out on loan to get game time, or give him those minutes with Jong Ajax.