Head coach Phillip Cocu could not believe his eyes when Jetro Willems was shown a red card in the very first minute. In his opinion, referee Kevin Blom's decision was far too harsh.
Cocu's reaction
"I didn't believe my eyes," Cocu said in conversation with FOX Sports. "I'm still surprised. It goes far to draw red so soon. Willems doesn't hit Swerts either and besides, he doesn't come in very hard. You can see his leg is still crooked. Normally this determines the game, but fortunately we still took the three points. It was another setback that we had to get over. It's nice to see that we did well as a team. I hope the KNVB will acquit Willems," Cocu concluded.
Maaskant disappointed with NAC
Although NAC played the entire match with one man more against PSV, it managed to create few clear-cut chances. Head coach Robert Maaskant recognizes that playing dominantly is not quite the game NAC wants to play. "Our team is not used to attacking continuously. It is logical that with one man more you have to do that. But we still make too many mistakes. However, we didn't lose the match in that. That happened in the two moments when we were asleep on their switch. We gave away too much space and then this happens," Maaskant said.