Ajax manager Frank de Boer wants to emulate the way Arsenal play as the Dutch club bid to reach the Europa League quarter-finals . De Boer was impressed by Arsenal 's performance in the 2-0 Champions League win against Monaco on Tuesday night - though the Gunners were knocked out on away goals - and wants Ajax to follow suit . De Boer said : 'The way they played against Monaco is the way we would like to play as well . High pressure , get the ball back very quickly . I really love the way Arsenal play . When I look at their goals , it sometimes looks like futsal . Passing , moving and always at a high tempo . ' Ajax manager Frank de Boer gestures to his players during a training session in Amsterdam on Wednesday . Ajax trio Davy Klaasen ( left ) , Nicolai Boilesen ( centre ) and Thulani Serero take part in training . De Boer ( right ) and Joel Veltman speak to the media during a pre-match press conference on Wednesday . Ajax are hoping to avoid an end to their European run as they take on Dnipro at the Amsterdam Arena on Thursday , with the Ukrainian club currently holding a 1-0 aggregate lead . De Boer said : ' I expect Dnipro to sit back and wait for us to attack . You could see that in the first match as well . We have to be patient , we ca n't afford to make mistakes . ' I hope this is not the `` game of the year '' for us , because I want to go through and play in another `` game of the year '' . ' Boilesen ( second right ) and Nick Viergever ( right ) look to be having fun during Ajax training . Oliver Giroud ( right ) controls the ball before scoring Arsenal 's first in Wednesday 's 2-0 win against Monaco . Dnipro players train at the Amersterdam Arena ahead of Thursday 's Europa League clash . A 1-0 victory for Ajax after extra time would see the match go to penalties and De Boer has had his players practising penalties in training . He said : 'We 've practised penalties . From the 19 we took , we only missed about three or four . Jasper Cillessen saved two and one or two went over the bar . 'You can always train the way you kick the ball , but it 's hard to simulate the atmosphere . When you saw Bayer Leverkusen last night , it looked like they did n't know that they had to take a penalty . '
Ajax manager Frank de Boer wants to emulate Arsenal 's playing style . Arsenal beat Monaco 2-0 in the UEFA Champions League on Thursday night but were knocked out of the last 16 on away goals . Ajax bid to overturn a 1-0 deficit against Dnipro in the UEFA Europa League .