Luuk de Jong transformed a penalty to cancel out a objective by his former teammate Donyell Malen as PSV Eindhoven and Borussia Dortmund drew 1-1 on Tuesday within the first leg of their Champions League spherical of 16 matchup. Malen scored in opposition to his outdated membership within the twenty fourth minute with a shot that appeared to deflect off the outstretched leg of defender Sergiño Dest.
Malen did not wildly rejoice his first Champions League objective since December 2021, as a substitute holding each fingers within the air virtually apologetically. The objective was a well-known sight for the PSV followers. Malen scored 50 instances in 81 appearances for the Eindhoven membership from 2018-21. The crowd at PSV Stadium gave Malen a heat ovation when he was substituted late within the match.
De Jong equalized when he calmly slotted a low penalty previous Alexander Meyer within the 56th minute after Mats Hummels had introduced down Malik Tillman. It took De Jong’s Champions League objective tally to a PSV document 9, yet another than Ruud van Nistelrooy.
Dortmund gamers complained bitterly that Hummels had performed the ball, however referee Srdjan Jovanovic waved away their protests. “The referee judged that there was a penalty,” mentioned Dortmund coach Edin Terzic. “Our wish remains that he should look at the screen. He was very sure of his decision. We think it was a hard decision.”
Hummels himself was much less diplomatic. “Zero percent a penalty. Zero. I slide in, I clearly play the ball, change its path and only then make minimal contact,” the defender informed Amazon Prime. “Tillman was laughing himself silly on the pitch, (Johan) Bakayoko was laughing himself silly, they were all grinning at me for minutes.”
Dest got here near snatching a late winner when he handed Julian Ryerson on the left however Meyer, a late substitute for the injured Gregor Kobel, saved his shot.
“In the second half we had it utterly underneath management,” PSV midfielder Joey Veerman said. “In the first half we had the better chances. If you look at the match as a whole we had better chances than Dortmund.”
The second leg is in Dortmund on March 13. “If we can win our home game, we’ll get through and that’s the task for now,” Terzic said.
De Jong also said he was confident heading to Dortmund. “We played well today and we can do that there, too,” De Jong said.
PSV, led by former Dortmund coach Peter Bosz, finished second behind Arsenal in Group B to reach its first Champions League round-of-16 match in eight seasons. Dortmund underlined its European pedigree by topping Group F, leaving Paris Saint-Germain in second place.
Dortmund was without striker Sébastien Haller who scored the winning goal as Ivory Coast beat Nigeria 2-1 to win the Africa Cup of Nations earlier this month. Haller, who also scored the winner in the semifinal, returned from the tournament with an ankle injury.
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