A jet black evening for PSV. The people of Eindhoven fell completely through the ice in the eighth final of the Champions League. Arsenal was 7-1 much and far too strong in the Philips Stadium. A record defeat, never lost PSV with such large figures in -house. The crisis is complete in Eindhoven.
Just about the first half of PSV-arsenal was a good book. But even William Shakespeare could not have come up with a good word about the performance of the Eindhoven team. The first big chance of the match was for the home team, but after the miss of Ismael Saibari a new drama started for the team of Peter Bosz.
After half an hour of playing football, the diptych between the English top club and PSV had already been decided. Arsenal was a 3-0 lead in the Philips Stadium and punished all the defensive mistakes of a club in crisis. The goals came from Jurriën Timber, Ethan Nwaneri and Mikel Merino.
Crisis with a capital C
Because crisis is already in Eindhoven. In the competition, PSV is eight points behind Ajax and the cup final was not achieved either. Only the results in the Champions League were good in 2025. Until Tuesday evening, because Arsenal was too strong in every way.
Noa long brought something of tension back for the break, but a thriller never became PSV-arsenal. After the break, the English walked out within three minutes to 5-1 via Martin Odegaard and Leandro Trossard.
Battered arsenal
Arsenal scored happily and that while they hardly had any attackers in the team due to injuries. The Arsenal supporters who celebrated Carnival on Tuesday afternoon in Lampegat wondered who should score.
Fifteen minutes before time it got even worse for PSV. Odegaard scored his second and Arsenal’s sixth goal of the evening. 1-6. Riccardo Calafiori ensured that the PSV-Arsenal competition entered the history books. PSV never lost in -house with such large figures. The old record was for Wageningen FC that won 6-1 in 1977 in Eindhoven.