After the defeat against AZ, head coach Mark van Bommel was especially disappointed that PSV gave up two goals shortly before halftime. 'In under-power you have to stay in the game. Something has to come over you that you do everything to get a 0-0 over the line. That wasn't there,' Van Bommel said.
Better in the match
After an early red card for Ryan Thomas, things went from bad to worse for PSV Sunday afternoon. With one man more, AZ ran out from 0-0 to 0-4 and handed PSV their first home defeat in 50 Eredivisie games. "I thought AZ started the match well," Van Bommel began his analysis. "Slowly we came into it as well. I think we also got a number of chances then. Then came the moment of the red card. We tried to keep it close until half-time because you have to stay in the game, but just before half-time you give up two goals. Then you do make it very difficult for yourself."
Guilty
The protagonist himself, Thomas, put his hand in his heart after the game. "If you look at the footage, I don't blame the referee for anything. You can see it's 100 percent red," he told FOX Sports after seeing the footage. "It was not my intention to go in so hard. I didn't want to hurt anyone. It's annoying that it happened. For the team and for me, especially because of my situation," he continued.
Three
PSV was, of course, missing Donyell Malen, Steven Bergwijn and Mohamed Ihattaren. "Those are very good players, but you know that in advance. It's not that we lost because of that," said Van Bommel, who does not want to draw premature conclusions after a week of disappointments. "You should always try, even if you win three games in a row, to analyze. In Utrecht until the 1-0 there was little to worry about. Everyone felt then that we were in the match. The two red cards you then get cost a lot of strength. Against Lask I thought we played very well, but didn't score. That game also cost us a lot of strength. And also now it is looking what brought about this defeat."