PSV recorded a victory in the UEFA Champions League match against RC Lens. The French opponent was defeated 1-0. Luuk de Jong crowned himself a gold star and was voted man of the match in the process. In attacking terms, he was of great value, statistics show.
Attacking duels
Luuk is on steam this season. In the Eredivisie the striker already managed to find the net nine times in eleven games and he also scored once in the European tournament. Against RC Lens, the captain asserted himself: he was the center of celebration after he headed a Johan Bakayoko cross beautifully behind RC Lens goalkeeper Brice Samba and signed for the 1-0. He fought no fewer than 17 attacking duels, 35% of them in his favor. His fellow attackers Johan Bakayoko (17%) and Hirving Lozano (20%) won fewer duels by percentage, but also engaged in fewer of them.
Luuk de Jong | 17
Johan Bakayoko & Malik Tillman | 6
Hirving Lozano | 5
Key Actions
His goal put Luuk on par with frontrunner Ruud van Nistelrooij in PSV's all-time top scorers in the UEFA Champions League. His goal counted as a key moment in the match. The number of 'Key Actions' of the striker with jersey number nine equals those of three teammates. Only Joey Veerman had more (3).
Joey Veerman | 3
Luuk de Jong, Jordan Teze, Johan Bakayoko & Jerdy Schouten | 2
Guus Til | 1
Passes
Not only in duels, but also with the ball at his foot, the goal scorer was important. He sent the most passes of the PSV attack, 63% of which actually reached a teammate. Of his other teammates who played the entire match, only Jerdy Schouten and Jordan Teze counted as field players with more passes to their names.
Jerdy Schouten | 48
Jordan Teze | 47
Luuk de Jong | 35
Man Of The Match ranking
De Jong | 3
Lang & Lozano | 2
Babadi, Vertessen, Veerman, Saibari, Schouten, Teze, Ramalho & Tillman | 1