Head coach Mark van Bommel felt PSV should not have lost to Inter. "On details in decisive moments you lose this match," he said in the catacomb of the Philips Stadium, where his team lost 2-1 to the Italians on Wednesday.
Compliments
By that, Van Bommel is referring to Inter's goals, which came mainly from opportunistic play by the visitors. "I think we deserved more. We played well," Van Bommel complimented his team. "But details at the technical level and at the refereeing level determined the result.
Red Handanovic
Indeed, PSV was unlucky that Inter goalkeeper Samir Handanovic was not sent off with a red card when the score was 1-0 after he denied Bergwijn a great goal opportunity through a handball. "That was red," Van Bommel thought. "Otherwise any goalkeeper can just make hands outside the sixteen. Steven is right-legged. He turned the ball around the goalkeeper, putting him in a much better position. Then it would have been 2-0. Moreover, the 1-1 was offside."
Zoet balks
Goalkeeper Jeroen Zoet blamed himself for the Italians' second goal. "k should just keep standing, then it will never be a goal," Zoet bemoaned to Veronica. At the 1-1, Zoet failed to clip the ball. "It's a shitty night. I'm involved in those two moments, at Champions League level that gets punished. You have to turn the knob then and I'm proud of the team and what we put up. However, at the end of the line you also want a nice result, that didn't work out."