Wayne Rooney sympathized with PSV Eindhoven manager Peter Bosz after the Dutch side was beaten 7-1 on Tuesday by Arsenal.
Six different players were on goal for the Gunners in the first stage of their Champions League round of 16 draw, in which Captain Martin Odegaard scored twice. It was the first time that a team ever scored seven times away from home in a knockout match in the history of the competition.
Rooney was back on a punditry obligation after his own recent trip to management did not go to plan. He took the lead in Plymouth Argyle in the summer, but was fired in December with the team was the bottom of the championship.
It has not been so bad for Bosz, who is still on track to qualify for next season's Champions League via PSV's League finish and a play-off victory over Juventus to supervise the meeting with Arsenal. The tough home this year beats anything but their adventure and Rooney acknowledged how difficult it must have been for the Dutch manager to see the media afterwards.
“As a manager, it is very difficult to come out and face the media after a bad result like this. I've been there, “said Rooney on Amazon Prime's reporting.
“I am sure that Peter Bosz had done the tactical work in the construction of the game and thought he had found the right way how he could play against Arsenal. Arsenal was just too superior. He earns a lot of praise for the release and being confronted with the questions. “
The former striker of England also gave Arsenal credit to ensure that their four goals in the second half. “As soon as Arsenal went to five goals, it is easy to get the foot of the gas and see the game at that time. But they continued and tried to score more goals,” he continued. “They earned the sixth and seventh goals because of the application and the wish they showed.”
Bosz did not chop his words when assessing the performance, so that they have admitted more goals than they had this season in their five other Home Champions League matches. “Terrible night for us,” said the 61-year-old.
“No chance. Maybe two moments in the game – our first chance after 15 minutes when we hit the bar and the second yellow [avoided by Myles Lewis-Skelly] were moments to come back in the game. In terms of football we had no chance. We were not in our best form. Arsenal played fantastic, we had no chance tonight. “
When asked whether the manager or the players would blame, he said: “Probably both. Bad or she absolutely. Not all our football we normally play and Arsenal did really well.
“We had a plan that we analyzed them, we thought we could hurt them somewhere, but if you look at how we defended, really bad. You can't be successful if you play this way.”
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