Luuk de Jong insists that his assist to Johan Bakayoko against Vitesse (6-0 win) was deliberate, but Kenneth Perez doesn't believe it. The analyst of ESPN let in This was the Weekend see images that leave little doubt. “As far as I'm concerned, there's no doubt about it. I don't believe it,” Perez said.

PSV rolled over Vitesse on Saturday evening. De Jong scored two goals and also prepared Bakayoko's 4-0. De Jong received a long ball from the back and tapped it back to Bakayoko, who shot into the penalty area.

Hans Kraay junior already asked De Jong about the assist on Saturday. “Consciously,” De Jong responded decisively. “I knew that Baka walked there too. I knew he was coming in, so I'm thinking: I put it in front of him.”

Hans Kraay junior also openly doubted De Jong's answer. “Consciously!?” Kraay junior asked with surprise in his voice. De Jong: “Yes, don't you think so?”

Perez laughs loudly in the studio at the fragment from the interview. “I have now also seen images from behind the goal. I think Luuk de Jong is joking.”

“This cannot be conscious,” Perez is convinced. “You don't give a pass like that. You can also see in the image that he wants to put the ball dead on his foot.” De Jong's lower leg hangs still during ball contact. “When you make a pass, you move your lower leg.”

“There's no doubt about it as far as I'm concerned. I don't believe it.” Perez receives support from Karim El Ahmadi. “No, I don't believe it either. If it is conscious, then it is very nicely done. He does not look at the situation where Bakayoko is,” said El Ahmadi.

More sports news