PSV remains unbeaten in the Eredivisie due to a 4-2 victory over FC Groningen. After a 1-1 halftime, the people of Eindhoven made the difference in the second half. Trainer Peter Bosz let Dennis Man, Joël van den Berg and Paul Wanner debut.
PSV trainer Peter Bosz solved the striker problem after the injury of Alassane Pléa and a not yet top-fit Ricardo Pepi by placing Ivan Perisic in De Punt. On the right side, the Romanian acquisition Dennis Man made his basic debut.
It became clear that it was missing from automatisms. There were some chances, but in the end the people of Eindhoven needed a lucky thing after 32 minutes to take the lead. The changed ball by Ruben van Bommel ended up with Guus Til, who responded alert and worked in after two attempts.
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PSV could not enjoy the lead for a long time, because seven minutes later it was already right. Ryan Flamingo just returned the ball and shortly thereafter Bynjólfur Willumsson completed: 1-1.
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In the second half, Man had to take a seat on the bench and Esmir Bajraktarevic came into the field. The 20-year-old Bosnian immediately made the difference, although he was lucky that his shot flew against the ropes through a Groningen body. The renewed lead gave confidence and three minutes later it was already 3-1. Perisic served Van Bommel perfectly to size and the wing attacker pushed inside.
Handsome goal
FC Groningen seemed defeated, but was again close to the connection goal via Willumsson. Central defender Yarek Gasiorowski threw himself in front of the ball and ensured that the margin remained two. On the other hand, it was hit after 66 minutes. Goalkeeper Hidde Jurjus first turned the effort of Ismael Saibari, but he had no answer to the rebound of Bajraktarevic: 4-1.
Opportunities FC Groningen
In the final phase, PSV no longer pressed the accelerator pedal so hard and created little in the Philips Stadium. The biggest opportunities were for the visitors, with goalkeeper Matej Kovár first had a great rescue in store. In the next action, the Czech blundered, but an open chance was shot over the goal by the people of Groningen. The 4-2 fell in the 87th minute when the free kick from Mats Seuntjens invaded in the far corner.
Debutants
There was a special moment for Joël van den Berg. The 18-year-old midfielder replaced Saibari and thus made his league debut. Just before time, Paul Wanner, who came from Bayern Munich, also made his debut. Together with the German midfielder, Ricardo came in Pepi, who hopes to make more minutes in the coming weeks.
With nine points from three duels, PSV is the leader again. Tomorrow the other teams will take action that are still scoreless.