PSV left points again in the title fight on Saturday evening. In Nijmegen it gave a 3-1 lead in the final phase. In injury time, Bryan Linssen was the celebrated man at NEC that came back to 3-3. It is the next damper for PSV that already received a lot of bad news this week.
PSV returned to the place on Saturday evening where it was the only competition defeat last season. At NEC, the line had to be continued further. After a changeable start of 2025, the people of Eindhoven seemed to get a little better in the rhythm again.
But in Nijmegen that was disappointing. The first half was sloppy from a PSV perspective. Anyone who can’t get sleeping on Saturday evening could also turn on that first half. Then finding the night’s sleep will not take long. Yet there were opportunities on the opening goal. NEC was closest to it, but the 0-0 halftime score was logical as the game.
Better second half
And there is something that trainer Peter Bosz can handle very badly and that is boring football. That is why it will have thundered in the break. PSV had to look for the intensity with which it played against Liverpool last Wednesday.
He thought it was almost immediately in the second half and that led to the 0-1 via Luuk de Jong. The striker knows that there will be a lot of pressure on his shoulders in the coming weeks now that Ricardo Pepi has been injured for a long time. Before the competition it was announced that PSV cannot rely on Olivier Boscagli in the coming weeks.
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Dramatic final phase
It was not the only damper who got the national champion on Saturday evening, because with a quarter of a match to go, NEC came to the same level through Sami Ouaissa. PSV had to hunt for the lead again. He came ten minutes after the equalizer. Mauro Júnior gave an excellent cross to Ismael Saibari who took care of the 2-1.
The Brazilian was again the declarant at the 3-1 two minutes later. This time it was a good ball on Johan Bakayoko, who seemed to have been putting the game in the lock. With the emphasis on Leek, because in injury time, Ryan Flamingo still went wrong so that the newly substitute Kento Shiogai could easily make 3-2.
A hectic final phase followed in which things went wrong for the leader of the Eredivisie. In the extra time, Bryan Linssen, who has already fallen, still scored the 3-3. And so PSV is rising again in the title fight.