PSV have no trouble with Willem II

Monday 03 November 2008

PSV on Saturday continued their path to the top of the Eredivisie by easily beating Willem II Tilburg 2-0 in Eindhoven.

The reigning champions had an easy start to the game when after six minutes Willem II defender Arjan Swinkels fully mis-hit a Balazs Dzsudzsak cross and beat his own goal keeper: 1-0.

The kind gift didn't inspire PSV to great deeds though.

There was one nice effort of Ibrahim Afellay, and Danny Koevermans missed a chance; that was about it.

Not that PSV's young team were short of ideas, but the execution was far from perfect, but on the other side the defense around Erik Addo and Timmy Simons worked well so the narrow lead was never in any danger.

There was moment of anxiety when Mehmet Akgün came face to face with Andreas Isaksson shortly after the interval, but the Swedish stopper did his job well.

Shortly after the hour the game was decided when Danny Koevermans celebrate his 30th birthday by making it 2-0 with a magnificent lob over Willem II stopper Maikel Aerts.

PSV had a few more chances in the last half our, but Aerts stood in the way of a third PSV goal.