Trainer Alfred Schreuder saw Ajax do many good things in the lost match against PSV (3-5) for the Johan Cruijff Scale. “But we have to defend better soon,” said Schreuder. “I see a lot of progress in our attacking game. But five goals against are of course not possible. That is worrying.”
Schreuder gave Jay Gorter a starting spot. The 22-year-old goalkeeper was guilty of two hits and looked unhappy with another PSV goal. “No, I don’t regret letting him keep goal,” said Erik ten Hag’s successor. “It is also too short-sighted to say that Remko Pasveer will keep our first league match next week. It was not only due to Jay that we lost,” said Schreuder.
“We also defended poorly. We started very well and came to 1-0. Then we failed to score a second goal. And then we just gave away three goals. But we also did a lot of things well offensively. Only after the red card from Calvin Bassey, I got the idea that it was going to be difficult. He wanted too much, I think. It was a red card that you can give a red card for.”
