Ronald Koeman has admitted PSV Eindhoven have 'no
opportunity' to advance to the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions
League following the 3-0 home defeat to Liverpool on
Tuesday.
Goals from Steven Gerrard, John Arne Riise and Peter Crouch sealed
a comprehensive victory for The Reds and left PSV in need of
something special in the second leg next Wednesday.
But Koeman, whose side knocked out Arsenal in the last round,
believes all hope is gone.
"If I told my squad to believe they can still advance, then I don't
belong on this planet," he said.
"This result hurts and gives us no opportunity to do anything next
week in Liverpool."
There was little to choose between the sides until Gerrard's opener
after 27 minutes, but Koeman accepts that PSV were completely
outplayed for the last hour of the contest.
He explained: "Till the first goal we did well, we were organised
and gave nothing away, but then we failed to close the space for
Steve Finnan to cross for Gerrard to score.
"From then on it was clear that Liverpool were too strong for us.
It is not realistic to think that we can win the tie now.
"We played with the same tactics against Arsenal to beat them in
the last round.
"But we have injuries now, we are missing a few important players,
and you could see that we did not have the quality to match
Liverpool.
