Siem de Jong’s opener was cancelled out by Jeremain Lens, but two strikes late in the second-half by Danny Hoesen and Viktor Fischer secured all three points for the Amsterdammers.
On matchday 15 of the Dutch top flight football, Ajax Amsterdam recorded an impressive 3-1 victory over PSV Eindhoven at Amsterdam Arena on Saturday, December 1.
The Amsterdammers commenced proceedings in front of their home crowd brightly, and pushed PSV back into their own half with ease. The home side could have taken the lead in the 10th minute, but Toby Alderweireld’s headed effort rattled the left
post before going out for a goal-kick.
Moments later, Viktor Fischer had a good opportunity to break the deadlock, but he fired wide of the target, much to the dismay of the Amsterdammers boss, Frank de Boer.
De Joden’s consistent pressure paid dividends a minute before the half-hour mark, when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Christian-Eriksen-c9074 corner to give his side a deserving lead.
The home side were in total control of the game, but the Eindhoven giants managed to restore parity against the run of play. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ricardo-c30950 van Rhijn to cut
into the box and curled in a brilliant shot that found the top right corner of the net.
Ajax had an opportunity to re-establish their one-goal lead before the half-time break, but Fischer’s effort was blocked by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Marcelo-c23554 for a corner.
PSV resumed proceedings brightly, and put immense pressure on the Amsterdammers’ back-line. Lens had a perfect opportunity to gift his side a lead, but Lens headed Kevin Strootman’s cross over the crossbar.
In the 54th minute, the Boeren goalkeeper, Boy Waterman, made a tremendous save to deny Blind’s vicious long range effort.
Lens had a golden opportunity to put his side ahead in the 70th minute, when Strootman’s brilliant through ball sent the attacker one-on-one with the home side goalkeeper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kenneth-Vermeer-c20618. However, the 25-year-old fired his low shot wide of the
left post.
The miss proved too costly for the Eindhoven giants, as the Amsterdam giants regained their one goal advantage two minutes later through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Danny-Hoesen-c10208. Fischer made a brilliant run down the left flank and cut into the box before finding Hoesen, and the former
Fulham striker made no mistake in tapping in from close range.
PSV boss, d**k Advocaat, replaced http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Timothy-Derijck-c35129 with Memphis Depay in the 84th minute in search of the equaliser.
However, none of the changes made any impact on the game. With three minutes left on the clock, Fischer capitalised on a defensive error from the Boeren back-line to double his side’s advantage, and put the match to bed.
Although http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 tried their utmost to score goals in the remaining action of the game, they failed to find the net even once until the full time whistle, and the Amsterdammers secured a convincing 3-1 victory at the end.
Ajax enjoyed lion’s share of ball possession throughout the 90 minutes, and converted their dominance into goalscoring opportunities and goals, which was at the end the difference between the two Dutch giants.
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