PSV 1-1 Ajax LIVE Score, Eredivisie: Taylor Penalty Draws Visitors Level In De Topper

A sad end to the night for Ruben van Bommel. The PSV player seemed to get his ankle caught up in the turf, and immediately went down in pain. After getting some treatment from the physios, he goes off the pitch, and on comes Emir Bajraktarevic.

Taylor makes no mistake from the spot, dispatching the shot past Kovar. Ajax are level, and the match is on! The visitors have around 25% of ball posession, but the only thing that matters - the scoreline - is equal at the moment.

What a calamity! Dest, who has been so good so far, clatters into the back of a Ajax player, and the referee awards a penalty after VAR check.

PSV have maintained their strong attacking form down the right flank, with Dest proving to be a menace with his pace. The American full back almost found Pepi with a terrific cross, but Itakura did well to clear the danger somehow.

PSV have been utterly dominant from get go, and their attacking intent pays off spectacularly. Perisic receives the ball down the right flank, and takes on Wijndal with a burst of pace before crossing it into the box. It falls to Ismail Saibari, who hasn't been in the greatest of forms, but the Moroccan heads it past Jaros to give PSV the lead.

After a 10 minute delay, the De Topper derby finally kicks off, with PSV getting today's match rolling.

The grounds staff have cleared the flares from the stadium, and the players are out on the pitch. Expect kick off soon.

Just as we were getting all ready for kick off, the referee decides to call the players off the pitch due to the insane amount of firecrackers being burst on the pitch. The entire stadium sounds like a war zone, with smoke filling up the home supporters' end. Referee Serdar Gozubuyuk is not pleased and asks the players to go down the tunnels! Match delayed for now.

PSV Eindhoven: 🟢W 🟢W 🔴L 🟢W 🔴L

Ajax: ⚫D 🟢W ⚫D 🟢W 🔴L

PSV Eindhoven: Matej Kovar (gk); Anass Salah-Eddine, Yarek Gasiorowski, Ryan Flamingo, Sergino Dest; Ismael Saibari, Jerdy Schouten; Ruben van Bommel, Joey Veerman, Ivan Perisic; Ricardo Pepi

Ajax: Vitezslav Jaros (gk); Owen Wijndal, Youri Baas, Ko Itakura, Lucas Rosa; Kenneth Taylor, Youri Regeer; Oliver Edvardsen, Davy Klaasen, Mika Godts; Kasper Dolberg

Hello and welcome to the start of our live coverage of the Dutch Eredivisie 2025-26 season's first De Topper derby. It's PSV Eindhoven up against AFC Ajax - the biggest fixture in Dutch football. The action in Eindhoven begins at 6:00 PM IST, so stay tuned for pre-match updates and lineups as they are released.