FC Porto vs PSV Eindhoven ratings: Pepê stands out in defeat

Pepê finished with a 6.1 rating in FC Porto vs PSV Eindhoven, the highest mark in a 0-1 Champions League loss that left FC Porto with their third defeat in the competition. PSV Eindhoven took the points through Guus Til, but the home side's best individual work came from Pepê rather than the player who decided the game.

Pepê's best moments

The winger kept asking questions, and one of Porto's best openings came when Pepê's shot went just wide of the far post, with Borja Sainz almost there to turn it in. That was the kind of moment Porto needed more often, because Pepê's 6.1 sat below his 6.38 Champions League season rating and only his third appearance in the competition this season.

A Bola's match analyst summed it up neatly: "Pepê's initiatives were not enough to lift FC Porto from a poor display. Zaidu suffered against Bajraktarevic, the midfield ran a lot after the opponent. Froholdt and André Silva came close to scoring". It was a night that also exposed the gap around him, with Zaidu Sanusi starting after eight weeks without competing and André Silva only offering a half-chance when he was left one-on-one with the goalkeeper after a move from Hwang In-Beom.

Porto's lack of end product

Pepê was not the only attacker who threatened, but the rest of the forward line did not turn pressure into goals. André Silva's season Champions League rating sits at 6.51, while Alberto and Borja Sainz are both close enough to the action without producing the final touch Porto needed.

The margin for error is already gone in this Champions League run. Porto have 0 points after 3 matches, sit 33rd and have scored only 2 goals while conceding 6. On a night when Pepê looked like the player most likely to tilt the game, the team around him never gave that effort a finish.