De Graafschap 1-3 PSV Eindhoven: Fred Rutten pleased with the victory – Dutch Eredivisie news
PSV Eindhoven cruised to a comfortable 1-3 victory over De Graafschap at De Vijverberg Stadion on Saturday, November 19. The Boeren boss, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fred-c14136 Rutten, expressed happiness following his side’s impressive performance on the pitch away from home.
The Eindhoven giants grabbed the lead in the 11th minute, when Tim Matavz easily got past Rogier Meijer before hitting the back of the net.
The home side replied strongly and played aggressive football. In the 22nd minute, Soufian El Hassnaoui’s powered effort found the back of the net to level the score-line. The Eindhoven giants goalkeeper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Andreas-Isaksson-c5736, received heavy cheers
from the home crowd following his poor goalkeeping.
However, the Swedish gloves man then went on to redeem himself with some brilliant saves in the remaining action. At the half-time break, the two sides went in locked at 1-1.
PSV started the second-half as a better unit and showed their class right from the beginning. In the 54th minute, Georginio Wijnaldum’s neat strike put the Eindhoven giants back in front.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jeremain-Lens-c18323 then went on to miss two goalscoring opportunities before Wijnaldum’s strike doubled the lead with six minutes left on the clock. When the referee blew the final whistle, the score-line read 3-1 in favour of PSV.
Rutten expressed contentment following his side’s victory and revealed that his troops outplayed the hosts after the half-time break.
“Andreas made a mistake and put us in a bit of a difficult period. However, in the second-half, the game was totally in our hands. After Graafschap scored the equaliser, we gave away a number of chances. If you want to become champion, you cannot afford
to do these kind of mistakes”, Rutten said while talking to the media.
All three points ensured that the Eindhoven giants snatch the second spot in the league table from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Heracles-Almelo-c39520 in their respective fixture.
The Boeren will battle against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 head coach would be hoping that his troops stage an exciting brand of football in front of their home crowd and achieve a good
result.
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