PSV reopen Eredivisie season with win over wasteful Heerenveen

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/psv/M9UEHJWi/"]PSV[/a] were looking to bounce back from a rough defeat away at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/twente/dhOKTHGA/"]FC Twente[/a] before the international break, wasting a 2-1 lead in the final 15 minutes to drop from first to third behind [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/az-alkmaar/2RxOow1i/"]AZ[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/feyenoord/8zjySeoN/"]Feyenoord[/a].[/p][p]Against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/heerenveen/EDjXSyWG/"]Heerenveen[/a], PSV hoped to get back to firing on all cylinders in a retro kit inspired by Coen Dillen, the former PSV striker who set the Eredivisie record for most goals in a single season (43) 70 years ago.[/p][embed guid="0f4cb3b2-986c-4eb6-b17f-10682a96630d" url="https://x.com/PSV/status/2108625131597705528?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Instead, the reigning champions were lucky not to go down when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/barkas-vasilios/GlJbQAOg/"]Vasilis Zagaritis[/a] couldn't beat [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kovar-matej/tIXuiy4C/"]Matej Kovar[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rivera-maxence/Kh3fmMhH/"]Maxence Rivera[/a] wasted two big chances, including a one-on-one with Kovar that saw the Frenchman roll the ball wide of the post.[/p][p][b]Instead, PSV profited from the lifeline given to them by the Frisian visitors, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/til-guus/bcK8T2U3/"]Guus Til[/a] heading a slightly deflected cross from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bajraktarevic-esmir/GUqdXgyQ/"]Esmir Bajraktarevic[/a] into an empty net.[/b][/p][p]PSV controlled the final 15 minutes of the first half, but got off well again when Heerenveen failed to do anything with the chances handed to them by the hosts - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/courtens-nolhan/tQx2JTWm/"]Nolhan Courtens[/a] couldn't convert after a quick counter as Kovar rushed out of his box, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vente-dylan/OAtrWQB0/"]Dylan Vente[/a] quick to also forgo a second go.[/p][p]Heerenveen hoped to go up against ten men when Sam Kersten was seemingly brought down by a storming Kovar, but referee Joey Kooij denied the Czech stopper any wrongdoing.[/p][embed guid="39a00573-6156-41af-8d96-3b32b3223bfc" url="https://x.com/ESPNnl/status/2108628436113617394?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]Chances dried up on either side until PSV found a lucky break midway through the second half, with the unlucky [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/linday-marcus/junPRLea/"]Marcus Linday[/a] deflecting a header from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kostic-filip/zTWzdAKe/"]Filip Kostic[/a] into his own goal.[/b][/p][p]It was a routine night's work for PSV, who restarted the Eredivisie season with a home win. Up next for the champions is a European away trip to RB Leipzig's Red Bull Arena on Tuesday, October 13th.[/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="81198fcf-ee3d-4a0f-a02d-edb42b70b635" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="07d072f1-4842-4545-a852-e24bf9fa16eb" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/heerenveen-EDjXSyWG/psv-M9UEHJWi/?mid=ABvXMeTa"]Check out the full match statistics on Flashscore[/a][/b][/p]