PSV secure first win

PSV secure first win

PSV Eindhoven secured their first win of the Eredivisie season by winning a seven-goal thriller 4-3 against Ajax at the Phillips Stadion.

New PSV boss Fred Rutten had seen his side held to back-to-back draws to start their campaign and a first-half double from Ajax striker Luis Suarez had the hosts trailing 2-1 at half-time.

But a brace of goals apiece from Balazs Dzsudzsak, who added to his first-half goal with another after the interval, and Otman Bakkal, who netted the decisive strike in the 75th minute after Urby Emanuelson had made it 3-3, ensured a first win of the campaign.

Defeat for Ajax was their first dropped points since new boss Martin Jol took charge in the summer.

Suarez scored a hat-trick in Ajax's 4-1 romp over newly-promoted RKC Waalwijk last weekend and the Uruguay striker took just two minutes to open the scoring - profiting on a mistake from goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson to stroke home.

Dzsudzsak restored parity with a wonderful free-kick into the top-right corner of the goal after 37 minutes, but Suarez gave Ajax the lead back two minutes later with a clever chip over Isaksson.

There were worrying signs for the hosts before the interval, but they would find themselves ahead just 10 minutes after the break thanks to the trickery of their Hungary midfielder Dzsudzsak.

With 50 minutes played the 22-year-old jinked his way past a couple of defenders down the left flank before his low centre allowed Bakkal the easiest of tasks to sweep home from 10 yards.

Five minutes later Dzsudzsak gave his side the lead for the first time with a free-kick that caught Ajax stopper Maarten Stekelenberg out.

Stekelenberg had expected the midfielder to aim for one of his team-mates when he took the set-piece deep on the right flank, but when he instead fizzed a wicked shot towards the far post and the Holland number one could only stand and watch as the ball flew over him.

Ajax to their credit fought back to make it 3-3 eight minutes later when Emanuelson arrowed a shot from the edge of the area that beat Isaksson at his near post.

But Bakkal had the final say when visiting defender Jan Vertonghen missed his headed clearance and allowed the striker to lash home the winner from 10 yards.