Captain Marco van Ginkel was confronted at FOX Sports with the lead PSV has built up after eleven games compared to the rest of the Eredivisie. Ajax, AZ and PEC Zwolle, the numbers two, three and four on the league table already follow on eight points. "That's a lot of points," he laughed before adding a comment. "It doesn't say a lot yet, but of course we are happy with it."
Schwung
Van Ginkel signed for his seventh goal of the season from a penalty kick against FC Twente, which was beaten 4-3 in the closing minutes. Head coach Phillip Cocu saw the midfielder unlucky at the start of the second half when he hit crossbar and post. "That was because there was much more schwung in the team after halftime," thought Cocu, who was not satisfied with the first half.
Enforced luck
"In the end, an interesting, open match developed," Cocu continued. "The win came about somewhat fortuitously, but I'm sure that also has to do with attitude. We showed the absolute will to win, kept going also because we knew Ajax and Feyenoord had lost points. Maybe you force that luck then."
Unity
Cocu also did not want to dwell too much on PSV's lead in the league table. "We are far from there. The road is still long. It's mainly a nice start to the league. The team is doing fine, we are really becoming a unit."