Navarone Foor’s goal early in the game gave http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 Pastoor’s side hope of claiming a good result, but Jetro Willems and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink's strikes in the second-half bagged all three points for Phillip Cocu’s men.
On Eredivisie match-day 31, PSV Eindhoven recorded a hard fought 2-1 victory over NEC Nijmegen at Philips Stadion on Sunday, April 22.
The Nijmegen outfit started proceedings away from home aggressively and mounted immense pressure on the hosts. In the seventh minute, Navarone Foor gave the visiting side a shocking lead. Lasse Schone’s free-kick was blocked by PSV goalkeeper, Przemyslaw
Tyton, but Foor headed the rebound perfectly into the back of the net.
PSV responded well after conceding an early goal and could have levelled the score-line five minutes later. Tim Matavz won the ball from the NEC defender, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rens-van-Eijden-c30880, inside the penalty area before unleashing a powerful strike after rounding off goalkeeper,
Gabor Babos. However, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bram-Nuytinck-c7973 did well to head the ball away from the goal-line to prevent the equaliser.
Moments later, Babos tipped over Georginio Wijnaldum’s effort, as the home side continued their search of an equaliser.
The NEC goalkeeper made another brilliant diving save to deny Zakaria Labyad’s free-kick in the 38th minute, as the visiting side continued to live dangerously.
PSV resumed proceedings impressively in the second-half, but it took them almost 15 minutes to create their first clear goalscoring opportunity when Babos did well to save Matavz’s volley from going into the back of the net.
In the 68th minute, the Eindhoven giants managed to score the equaliser after constantly threatening the Nijmegen outfit. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dries-Mertens-c11679 made a decent run down the left flank, skipping past two defenders before teeing up Willems, whose left-footed
strike found the bottom left corner of the net.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Kevin-Conboy-c20711 and Schone drawing out decent saves from Tyton. With time running out, the Boeren kept on pushing for a winner and it eventually arrived only two minutes from full time whistle.
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink volleyed home after Georginio Wijnaldum’s header fell straight in his path. Mertens could have scored another goal before full time, but his effort went wide of the target, and the match ended in a 2-1 win for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281.
The win keeps PSV's Champions League hopes alive for next season, as they are only a solitary point behind the second placed http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/AZ-c38571 Alkmaar.
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