10-man PSV hold on to frustrate Atletico Madrid

PSV Eindhoven 0 Atletico Madrid 0: PSV Eindhoven survived the dismissal of Gaston Pereiro to hold Atletico Madrid to a goalless Champions League draw at the Philips Stadion last night.

The Dutch champions had to play the final quarter with 10 men when Pereiro was sent off for barging his fellow Uruguayan Diego Godin to the ground, his second bookable offence coming after 68 minutes.

Pereiro could have few complaints as he had just received a final warning from Italian referee Daniele Orsato, and after that it was a backs-to-the-wall exercise for PSV, who retreated ever deeper to keep Atletico at bay, with the return leg in Madrid in mind.