Head coach Peter Bosz spoke after the 5-4 win over Excelsior with praise for the opponent, who "dared to play football. The coach, on the other hand, was not pleased with the play of his own team. 'We have to decide the game much earlier'.
Would you like to reflect on this match?
"I want to start with a big compliment to Excelsior. I enjoyed them. They are guys who play a division lower, but with the full commitment. They put us under pressure, high pressure and played football wherever possible. Only we have to decide a game like that, with all due respect, early on. That didn't happen because we couldn't make a fist of it soccer-wise. And again two goals against from replays. We luckily escaped in the last second. Compliments to Perisic, he was very decisive today."
What will you take into the upcoming matches?
"I'm going to analyze the game carefully before I say anything about it. In any case, what we take away is how not to do it. We had to make a lot of yards. That's not supposed to happen, especially with our busy playing schedule."
"And maybe we'll win the cup in the end. But that too is football."
Is this performance also due to the fact that you put up some other names?
"I always find it difficult to substantiate things like that, I just don't know. You can also say competition actually makes performance improve. Conversely, you can indeed argue that you are then less attuned to each other."
Should you have gotten a penalty?
"I don't want to talk about that after a game like that. Our football just wasn't good enough. Sure he can give it, but this performance has nothing to do with that. We have to look at our own game."
Against AZ the game wasn't thunderous either, has PSV lost it?
"No, I'm not worried about that, we'll be fine. A year ago we were eliminated in De Kuip while we were the better side. Now we are going through while maybe we didn't deserve it. And maybe we'll win the cup in the end. But that too is football."