With his goal, Dessers prevented the game between the Rotterdam clubs from ending without goals for the first time since 1991.
Dessers celebrated his goal elated. He should have scored just before his winning goal. That miss was reminiscent of 2 weeks ago, when he missed for open goal against RKC Waalwijk.
Now the striker was the celebrated man and the accompanying supporters of Feyenoord cheered him extensively. Thanks to Dessers, Feyenoord narrowed the gap on leader Ajax to 4 points, with one game less played. PSV has 2 points more than Feyenoord, with a match more.
The level of the Eredivisie’s only city derby was a bit disappointing. Sparta and Feyenoord grossed out incorrect passes and loss of the ball. The home team, with Michael Heylen on the bench for the entire game, fought for what it was worth.
But Sparta can’t do much better at the moment. Feyenoord has already shown this season that it is capable of much more than it showed at Het Kasteel. The visitors had the best chances, especially after the break.
For Dessers, who was taken over from Genk at the end of August, it is his 3rd goal in 6 matches, 5 of which as a substitute. He also already has 1 assist.
