Manchester United star Tyrell Malacia endured an evening to neglect as mortgage aspect PSV Eindhoven have been dismantled 7-1 by Arsenal within the first leg of their Champions League spherical of 16 tie.
Jurrien Timber opened the scoring after 18 minutes earlier than 17-year-old Ethan Nwaneri and Mikel Merino prolonged Arsenal’s benefit inside half an hour.
Noa Lang gave PSV a glimmer of hope as he transformed from the penalty spot however their optimism didn’t final for too lengthy, as Martin Odegaard discovered the again of the web lower than a minute after the restart, with Leandro Trossard including a fifth moments later.
Odegaard then grabbed his brace earlier than Riccardo Calafiori accomplished the rout.
PSV boss Peter Bosz named Malacia in his beginning XI, as a part of a back-four additionally consisting of Richard Ledezma on the other flank and a centre-back pairing of Ryan Flamingo and Olivier Boscagli.
Malacia performed the complete match and throughout the time he was on the pitch, touched the ball 58 instances and located his teammates with 23 of the 33 passes he tried. Three of those have been key passes.
The left-back made two clearances and put in as many tackles. He additionally contributed three interceptions.
He was crushed in six of the 9 duels he contested, solely popping out on high thrice. Malacia made 4 fouls and misplaced possession on 14 events.
The 25-year-old efficiently related with two of the three crosses he aimed. He pinged six lengthy balls however discovered his meant goal simply as soon as.
Malacia fired one shot however he couldn’t take a look at David Raya with the trouble.
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Barring an unprecedented collapse, it’s secure to say that Malacia and PSV are successfully out of the League, whereas Arsenal are all however assured a spot within the quarter-finals.
PSV will undoubtedly be trying to get again to profitable methods on Saturday once they face SC Heerenveen.
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