http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 Eindhoven 2 – 2 SC Heerenveen, Fred Rutten frustrated with the result: Dutch Eredivisie
PSV Eindhoven were unable to retake the top spot in the league table, following their 2-2 draw against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/SC-Heerenveen-c40463 at the Philips Stadion on Sunday, 10th April.
After http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roda-JC-c40375 Kerkrade earlier in the evening, the Boeren had a perfect opportunity to regain the lead at the top. However, it was not the case as the Heerenveen outfit restricted the Boeren to secure
all points in front of their home crowd.
Fred Rutten, PSV manager, was left frustrated with his side’s performance on the pitch. He admitted that his troops were not at their best and lost two crucial points in the race for the Eredivisie title.
Rutten said, “We made mistakes on our level. Fortunately, we made the tying run. The team responded well in the first half, after European loss against Benfica on Thursday. We received a number of possibilities and gave zero chances away.”
“After the interval, we make the best 1-0 and what happened next was really strange, we then threw chances away. It is fortunate that we still made the equalizer. However, it was a very boring week. In the hunt for the title, you forfeit two expensive points,”
he concluded.
There was very little action in the first 45 minutes. PSV prolific winger, Balazs Dzsudzsak, was the only player on the pitch to threaten the visitors in the opening half. However, things changed at the start of the second half.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Zakaria-Labyad-c37796 made a tremendous run down the left before giving a brilliant pass to Lens who made no mistake in netting the ball. The prolific striker thought he had scored his
second goal of the match in the 69th minute, just to be ruled offside.
The Heerenveen outfit replied strongly with two back-to-back goals within three minutes. Luciano Narsingh was the architect of both. He made a run down the right flank and pulled the ball back for Assaidi to level the score line 1-1 in the 70th
minute of the match. Three minutes later, Narsingh made a similar run before giving a superb pass to Dost who made no mistake at the back post to give the visitors 2-1 lead.
Rutten responded quickly and sent http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ola-Toivonen-c28363 in for Labyad in the 77th minute. However, things got worse when Wilfred Bouma received his marching orders in the 81st minute attempting to stop Narsingh on a run. Toivonen snatched the
equalizer in injury time when he found the back of the net on a low cross from Lens.
The Boeren were disappointed with the result, as they had a perfect opportunity to snatch the top spot in the league table from the Tukkers. However, they would now be hoping that in the remaining four encounters, they bag maximum points and enhance their
chances of lifting the Eredivisie title.
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