UTRECHT, Netherlands (AP) — PSV Eindhoven drew 1-1 with FC Utrecht on Sunday, losing trouble in the Eredivisie for the first time this season and falling on the verge of becoming the first sensible Dutch team to start the season with 18 players. back-to-back wins.
The 17-match winning streak of the team led by Peter Bosz matches the winning streak set by PSV in 1988, the year the club won its only European Cup, the predecessor champion of La Liga.
But PSV’s hopes of making history came to an end when Utrecht striker Othman Boussaid scored in the 53rd minute to cancel out a first-half header from Johan Bakayoko that had given PSV hope of making history.
“Then everyone was disappointed,” Bosz said. The record is there, so as an athlete you’re disappointed. “
But, he added, “it’s incredibly impressive to have come this far. “
Bosz said he will no longer be able to break records or finish the season undefeated.
“I just want to be champion,” he said.
The Eredivisie name is now almost inevitable for fugitive leaders PSV, who are 10 points behind Feyenoord in the club’s first 18 games. The team is also still in contention for the Champions League, against Dortmund on February 20.
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