Ruud van Nistelrooij happy with the level of PSV against Twente: ‘Every misstep can be fatal’ | Dutch football

After last week’s draw against FC Utrecht (2-2) and the European elimination against Sevilla, PSV could use a good result. ,,It was an important pot”, said Van Nistelrooij. “But I can’t say that I was really ready for this. That’s not how I experienced it. That is because I have seen enough leads in both the away match and the home match against Sevilla and also against FC Utrecht.”

PSV’s three competitors in the title fight, Feyenoord, Ajax and AZ, all played earlier than the Eindhoven team this weekend. They won all three. “As a result, there was quite a bit of pressure,” said Van Nistelrooij, who is 6 points behind leader Feyenoord with eleven games to go. “Wherever you are, there is always pressure. We have to focus on ourselves and take it game by game. You don’t play against the ranking, you play against your next opponent. You have to go into the games with a good mindset. Any misstep can be fatal.”

Luuk de Jong was satisfied after the victory over Twente. The striker, who himself scored his hundredth goal in the shirt of the team from Eindhoven, thought that his team could be proud of the game of his team.

PSV took the lead before the break, but saw Twente come back into the game shortly after the break. ,,We were quickly told 1-1, you don’t want to leave the dressing room like that”, De Jong said after the match. ESPN. ,,We couldn’t always put pressure on Twente, but we did that well as a team”, said the striker.

,,We did it a bit more from the switch”, continued the captain of the top club. ,,In the end we didn’t give much away, so that’s good.” De Jong made it 2-1 himself and saw Xavi Simons determine the final score at 3-1.

De Jong scored his hundredth goal in the PSV shirt with his header. With this, the attacker followed in the footsteps of Willy van der Kuijlen (308), Coen Dillen (119), Luc Nilis (110), Hallvar Thoresen (106) and Mateja Kezman (105), who also belong to the ‘club of 100’. . “To be honest, I wasn’t thinking about it, I didn’t even know it myself. It’s a nice milestone, for sure.”