The PSV boss was obviously disappointed following his side’s 3-1 defeat against the reigning Eredivisie champions, and admitted that Frank de Boer’s men dominated proceedings for large part of the match.
PSV Eindhoven head coach, d**k Advocaat, has open heartedly admitted that Ajax Amsterdam put in an impressive show at home on Saturday, and deservingly secured a 3-1 victory against his side at Amsterdam Arena on December 1.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Russia-c2991 boss was far from pleased with his troops’ performance on Saturday in Amsterdam, and was of the view that it was not their day.
“Ajax put in a convincing first-half display and deservedly took the lead. We looked for a response to that Ajax goal and were back in the game after we had scored a very fine equaliser. We gave some tactical instructions at half-time, but they did not pay
off. Yet we had some glorious opportunities to take the lead. I think that was an off-day for every one of us”, Advocaat was quoted as saying to the media representatives in the post-match press conference.
De Joden asserted its authority on the pitch right from the first whistle on Saturday, but they failed to break the deadlock until the 29th minute, when Siem de Jong’s headed effort from a http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Christian-Eriksen-c9074 corner found the back of the net.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jeremain-Lens-c18323, and staged a better show after levelling the score-line. However, they failed to grab the lead.
The Amsterdammers took full advantage of PSV’s missed opportunities to take the lead in the 72nd minute through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Danny-Hoesen-c10208, before Viktor Fischer put the match to bed by adding his name to the score-sheet three minutes before the full time whistle.
The Eindhoven giants dropped to third place, a point behind the new league leaders, in the Eredivisie standings following FC Twente Enschede and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roda-JC-c40375 Kerkrade respectively.
And the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/VfL-Wolfsburg-c40881 boss has admitted that his side has never claimed to lift the title with a huge margin at the top of the table.
“To be honest, we’ve never claimed we would be crowned champions by a large margin”, Advocaat concluded.
PSV will lock horns against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Twente-c39233 in their next league game at Philips Stadion on December 9.
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