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‘The most Spursy thing ever!’ Arsenal fans mock Ivan Perisic after PSV prediction
Ivan Perisic was made to eat his words by Arsenal (Credits: IMAGO/Ben Gal / Avalon) Ivan Perisic was made to eat his words by a rampant Arsenal side who all but guaranteed their place in the Champions League quarter finals following a 7-1 win over PSV Eindhoven. Veteran Croatia international Perisic attempted to stir the pot in his pre-match press conference by claiming he sensed a vulnerability in an Arsenal side struggling for confidence. The Gunners arrived in Eindhoven on the back of two damaging results in the Premier League that virtually killed off any remaining hopes they had of overhauling Liverpool and winning the title. Moreover, without the likes of Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka, Arsenal had failed to score against West Ham and Nottingham Forest and were wondering where their next goal might be coming from. ‘Arsenal often lacked that one bit to win something last year,’ said a justifiably confident Perisic, one of Tottenham, before the game. ‘We have to be fully prepared, then we have a good chance to beat them.’ Get personalised updates on your team every day Wake up to find news on your club in your inbox every morning with Metro’s Football Newsletter. Sign up to our newsletter and then select your team in the link we’ll send you so we can get football news tailored to you. Instead of putting a confidence starved side to the sword, PSV capitulated and slumped to the heaviest defeat in the club’s history and rendered next week’s second leg a virtual dead rubber. ‘Saying you have a good chance to beat them and then losing by the biggest margin in your clubs entire 110 year history?! Spursy,’ said one jubilant Arsenal fan on X who delighted in Perisic’s downfall. Ivan Perisic had no answer to Arsenal’s onslaught (Credits: IMAGO/Ben Gal / Avalon) ‘Perisic I can count the goals as they go on if you want,’ said another supporter who was clearly in seventh heaven. And another commented: ‘Ivan Perisic should learn to be quiet when he’s got that Spurs stank on him.’ A crestfallen Peter Bosz, meanwhile, said he is determined to turn things around for the Dutch champions in spite of a horror week. Last night’s rout followed PSV ceding their 56-match unbeaten home record last Wednesday as they unexpectedly lost to Go Ahead Eagles in the Dutch Cup semifinal. They were then defeated away by the same club in the league at the weekend, slipping eight points behind Ajax Amsterdam in the domestic title race. Martin Odegaard scored twice in the second half (Credits: IMAGO/Ben Gal / Avalon) Riccardo Calafiori scored Arsenal’s seventh goal against PSV (Credits: IMAGO/Simon Traylen / Avalon) ‘Of course I will get things back on track,’ Bosz told reporters after Tuesday’s thumping at the Philips Stadion. ‘We have to do it together, together we can get through it again. We have shown that we can do it, against Juventus, against Feyenoord in the cup.’ PSV had beaten the Italian giants in the previous round of the Champions League but against Arsenal they were out of their depth. ‘It was painful. Humiliating. We had no chance. Outplayed. Bad. Against an opponent who is really good and we are in a difficult phase,’ Bosz added. ‘If you analyse the goals we conceded, you can see that straight away that we need to defend better.’
Ivan Perisic was made to eat his words by a rampant Arsenal side who all but guaranteed their place in the Champions League quarter finals following a 7-1 win over PSV Eindhoven.
Veteran Croatia international Perisic attempted to stir the pot in his pre-match press conference by claiming he sensed a vulnerability in an Arsenal side struggling for confidence.
The Gunners arrived in Eindhoven on the back of two damaging results in the Premier League that virtually killed off any remaining hopes they had of overhauling Liverpool and winning the title.
Moreover, without the likes of Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka, Arsenal had failed to score against West Ham and Nottingham Forest and were wondering where their next goal might be coming from.
‘Arsenal often lacked that one bit to win something last year,’ said a justifiably confident Perisic, one of Tottenham, before the game. ‘We have to be fully prepared, then we have a good chance to beat them.’
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Instead of putting a confidence starved side to the sword, PSV capitulated and slumped to the heaviest defeat in the club’s history and rendered next week’s second leg a virtual dead rubber.
‘Saying you have a good chance to beat them and then losing by the biggest margin in your clubs entire 110 year history?! Spursy,’ said one jubilant Arsenal fan on X who delighted in Perisic’s downfall.
‘Perisic I can count the goals as they go on if you want,’ said another supporter who was clearly in seventh heaven.
And another commented: ‘Ivan Perisic should learn to be quiet when he’s got that Spurs stank on him.’
A crestfallen Peter Bosz, meanwhile, said he is determined to turn things around for the Dutch champions in spite of a horror week.
Last night’s rout followed PSV ceding their 56-match unbeaten home record last Wednesday as they unexpectedly lost to Go Ahead Eagles in the Dutch Cup semifinal.
They were then defeated away by the same club in the league at the weekend, slipping eight points behind Ajax Amsterdam in the domestic title race.
‘Of course I will get things back on track,’ Bosz told reporters after Tuesday’s thumping at the Philips Stadion.
‘We have to do it together, together we can get through it again. We have shown that we can do it, against Juventus, against Feyenoord in the cup.’
PSV had beaten the Italian giants in the previous round of the Champions League but against Arsenal they were out of their depth.
‘It was painful. Humiliating. We had no chance. Outplayed. Bad. Against an opponent who is really good and we are in a difficult phase,’ Bosz added.
‘If you analyse the goals we conceded, you can see that straight away that we need to defend better.’
