At Philips Stadion, the home crowd was celebrating inside the opening stages when Guus Til finished calmly into an open goal. The midfielder was left with a simple task after Couhaib Driouech burst forward on the left flank and laid the ball across for him.
Driouech, who had created the opener, soon found himself with two golden opportunities to stretch the advantage. He first dragged a low-effort shot off target, wasting a promising break.
Moments later, he surprisingly attempted to slip a pass to a teammate standing in an offside position rather than shooting from close range, leaving Jan Oblak untested despite the inviting angle.
Visitors flip the contest
Atletico found their equaliser when Giuliano Simeone closed down Yarek Gasiorowski during a short goal-kick routine, dispossessing the unaware defender and allowing Julian Alvarez to fire in.
The Spanish side moved in front shortly after the restart. Nahuel Molina’s driven attempt forced a save, and David Hancko reacted quickest to guide the rebound beyond the goalkeeper.
Momentum stayed with Diego Simeone’s men, and their advantage widened when Alexander Sorloth drifted into space and nodded in Pablo Barrios’ looping delivery from the right.
Late tension as PSV push back
Ricardo Pepi came off the bench to drag PSV back into the match, turning in a corner at the far post with only minutes remaining to ignite hope of a comeback.
Peter Bosz’s team kept pressing as the final whistle approached and created one last chance. Armando Obispo lunged to prod the ball over the line in a frantic scramble, but he could not apply the decisive touch.
Despite the late surge, the Dutch club fell short, leaving Atletico climbing to seventh place, while PSV dropped to nineteenth.
