The PSV Eindhoven of the Dutch champions arrived here twice on Wednesday to beat Liverpool 3-2 in an impressive attack of the Champions League, rejecting the Reds a better record in the phase of the League.
The dogged performance from PSV marred the homecoming of Liverpool striker Cody Gakpo to his boyhood club and Dutch coach Arne Slot’s first match in his home country as Anfield boss.
With the first games of the first league that will come and the first position or moment already in the new appearance champions league, the slot team has presented no less than nine changes.
The names of the stars as the Dutch defender Virgil Van Dijk and Mohamed Salah left their home, Gakpo began, for the joy of the two teams of followers.
On a humid night at the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, a diminishing opening quarter gave few clues about the purpose of the first half of the bonanza than in the store.
The visitors opened the scoring, with the star midfielder of the PSV Joey Veerman caught in the box and with tortopitucia doing Federico Chiesa for a transparent penalty.
With several first -line penalty makers left aside, Gakpo kicked him, stroking it calmly in the domain and not celebrating oppose the club of his hometown.
PSV levelled quickly via a sharp effort from Belgium international forward Johan Bakayoko, the 21-year-old smartly turning two Liverpool defenders and curling his shot into the corner.
However, Liverpool did not advance after only a few minutes, because Walter Benitez can only obscure a ferocious Chiesa on Harvey Elliott for five minutes before halftime.
The Dutch champions refused to lie down and equalised again on the stroke of halftime, Veerman playing in Ismael Saibari, who finished clinically in the top corner.
Another PSV attack down the left exposed the Liverpool defence again in injury time, Veerman’s low cross bundled in by Ricardo Pepi for a 3-2 lead after a sensational first half.
The slot replaced the original Eindhoven Gakpo six minutes into the moment to a standing ovation from the home fans, who applauded warmly.
After the end-to-end action in the first half, either group will take a breathing area at the start of the half, with little scoring action.
Saibari has put the PSV out of view in 73 minutes when expressed to the goal, but a heroic plate of Tyler Morton kept the reds in the game.
It was Saibari’s last action of the game as PSV coach Peter Bosz brought on local hero Luuk De Jong for the last phase of the match.
Liverpool’s task became even more complicated when Amara Nallo, 18, showed Straw Red for an unfair version in Bakayoko, only 4 minutes after arriving as a substitute.
Slot’s young guns pressed strongly but could not find a way through stout PSV defence for a famous win, the club’s first ever victory against the Reds.
Despite the defeat, Liverpool ended up in the most sensible champions league ranking. The PSV will have to make its way through the play-offs.
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