Ricardo Pepi’s week began with the American ahead enjoying with Jong PSV and ended with the ahead scoring an insurance coverage objective in Eredivisie play.
Pepi got here off the bench to attain his sixth objective of the season as PSV defeated Heerenveen 2-0 on residence soil. The U.S. males’s nationwide workforce striker got here off the bench within the 76th minute and scored PSV’s insurance coverage objective simply two minutes later.
The house consequence moved PSV to 15-0-0 in Eredivisie motion, incomes an ideal 45 factors out of 45 to start the league season.
Guus Til’s opening objective for PSV got here within the thirty third minute, giving Peter Bosz’s squad a 1-0 benefit.
Though he didn’t begin the match, Pepi made an instantaneous impression off the bench, like he’s completed on quite a few events this season. Pepi’s right-footed shot off a Joey Veerman help nestled into the bottom-right nook for a 2-0 lead that PSV wouldn’t let slip away.
It marked Pepi’s fourth league objective of the season and second in his final 4 total appearances.
Fellow USMNT teammates Sergino Dest and Malik Tillman each began and logged 90 minutes apiece within the triumph. Dest has remained an everyday starter at full again whereas Tillman has been in-and-out of the beginning lineup this season.
PSV is off from league play this weekend earlier than internet hosting Arsenal in its last UEFA Champions League group stage match on Dec. 12.