Evergreen striker Luuk de Jong continued his phenomenal season by converting a penalty to give PSV a 1-1 Champions League draw of 16 with Borussia Dortmund.
The Bundesliga giants took the lead in the first half at Philips Stadion, when Donyell Malen scored against his former club after a deflection from Sergiño Dest.
Malen opted not to celebrate on his old turf, where this season’s hero once supported the toast of the natives.
De Jong has scored 19 goals and 8 assists in 22 Eredivisie games this season and had a chance to equalise in the 56th minute when Mats Hummels brought down Ricardo Pepi.
The USMNT forward went down theatrically, but the challenge was also unforgivable from a local Hummels defender.
Alexander Meyer hit Dortmund’s goal, but De Jong’s shot was perfectly placed, low to his right, to leave that intriguing equaliser ahead of next month’s return to Signal Iduna Park.
Twitter is waiting for you. Twitter gets it. What a penalty joke against us. Once again! There can’t be decisions like today’s against Chelsea or PSG with VAR.
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Compositions:
PSV (4-2-3-1, from right to left): 1. Walter Benítez (GK) – 3. Jordan Teze, 22 years old. Jerdy Schouten, 18 years old. Olivier Boscagli, 8 years old. Sergino Dest – 34 years old. Ismael Saibari, 23 years old. Joey Veerman — 27 years old. Hirving Lozano, 10 years old. Malik Tillman, years Johan Bakayoko — 9. Luuk de Jong.
Borussia Dortmund (4-2-3-1 from right to left): 1. Alexander Meyer (Goalkeeper) — 26. Julian Ryerson, 15. Mats Hummels, 4. Nico Schlotterbeck, 22. Ian Maatsen – 23 years old. Emre Can, 20 years old. Marcel Sabitzer —21. Donyell Malen, years old. Marco Reus, 10 years old. Jadon Sancho — 14 years old. Niclas Fullkrug.
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This Champions League clash will take place at the Philips Stadion in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and will kick off on Tuesday, February 20 at 21:00 local time.
Here’s how this era came to some of the major territories:
Noa Lang remains PSV’s only absentee due to a long-term injury, and Peter Bosz looks set to leave with a team unchanged since their 2-0 league win over Heracles, USMNT trio Sergino Dest, Malik Tillman and Ricardo Pepi.
PSV (4-2-3-1, left to right): Benítez (GK) – Teze, Ramalho, Boscagli, Dest – Schouten, Veerman – Lozano, Tillman, Pepi – De Jong.
PSV Submarines (9): TBC
Borussia Dortmund head coach Edin Terzic will be forward Sebastien Haller due to an injury sustained at the Africa Cup of Nations, with Donyell Malen and Karim Adeyemi still sidelined.
Jadon Sancho is expected to start for the visitors having made a good start since returning from Manchester United on loan in January.
Borussia Dortmund (4-2-3-1 from left to right): Kobel (GK) – Ryerson, Sule, Schlotterbeck, Maatsen – Can, Sabitzer – Brandt, Reus, Sancho – Fullkrug.
Borussia Dortmund substitutes (9): TBC
Here’s how to watch this Champions League unfold in decided spaces in major regions of the world:
DAZN
It broadcasts any and all UCL matches for the duration of the tournament.
LIVE & ON-DEMAND MATCHES
United States: Champions League matches can be streamed on Paramount (English). Recently, new users can get a FREE 30-day trial by entering the discount code “GOAT” at checkout.
TUDN and UniMás have access to Spanish-language streaming, and ViX is the best position for streaming (Spanish), with more features available on Fubo.
Canada: All Champions League matches are broadcast on DAZN.
United Kingdom: Matches are broadcast on TNT Sports and Discovery.
India: JioTV and Sony LIV are the streaming features of this game.