Hapoel Tel-Aviv 0-1 PSV Eindhoven: Fred Rutten pleased with the win – UEFA Europa League news
PSV Eindhoven cruised to a hard fought 1-0 win over Hapoel Tel-Aviv at Bloomfield Stadium on Thursday, October 20. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Fred-c14136 Rutten, the PSV manager, was pleased with his side’s victory in the latest group stage round of UEFA Europa League.
The Boeren boss stressed that he had tipped his side as the favourites to emerge victorious and expressed his happiness.
“I already said that we are the favourites. I am pleased with all three points. In the first-half, we failed to create much opportunities. Hapoel played too many men behind the ball that gave us not much room to play upfront”, Rutten said while talking
to the journalists.
The hosts staged a better show in the opening half than the Eindhoven giants did. However, the Red Demons’ front-line struggled to hit the back of the net. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Toto-Tamuz-c35489 saw his powerful shot blocked
by Wilfred Bouma.
In the second-half, the Boeren staged a much improved show and began to assert their superiority on the pitch. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Apoula-Edel-c6409 blocked Zakaria Labyad’s shot from close range early on in the second period. Moments later, Ola Toivonen’s effort sailed over
the bar while Stanislav Manolev’s shot went wide of the target.
The decisive moment came in the 69th minute, when Mario Pecalka brought down http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Georginio-Wijnaldum-c14629 converted the spot-kick calmly to seal the match
1-0 in favour of PSV.
Rutten admitted that his side played much better in the second-half and deservingly secured all three points.
“The second-half was different. After one hour of play, we totally dominated the match and created plenty of opportunities”, the Dutch mentor concluded.
At the end of match-day three, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 comfortably sit at the summit of Group C with three wins from three matches, while the Israeli outfit are yet to register their maiden victory in the group stage.
The Eindhoven giants will host Hapoel Tel-Aviv at Philips Stadion in their next Europa League encounter on November 3. Rutten will be hoping that his side stage an even better show in front of their home crowd and keep their 100 percent winning record
intact.
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