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Germany 2-4 Netherlands: 5 players who impressed in the match | EURO 2020 Qualifiers

Modified Sep 07, 2019 03:19 GMT

Netherlands completed a comeback victory against Germany

#2 Memphis Depay - Netherlands

Depay was a thorn in the flesh of the German backline

The Oranje have been on the ascendancy since Ronald Koeman took the reins, and a lof of their progress has been down to the performance of Memphis Depay.

After impressing in his native Holland with with PSV Eindhoven, Depay completed a big money move to Manchester United. Things quickly went sour at Old Trafford, before a transfer to Lyon helped him rediscover his best form.

His club form has rubbed on his national team performance, and against Germany, Memphis Depay was a constant menace to the Germany backline, with his pace and direct running proving too much for Matthias Ginter

He forced an on goal from Jonathan Tah in the 66th minute, after the Bayer Leverkusen man deflected his goal bound shot into the net, while he also showed great composure to set Wjnaldum up for Netherlands fourth of the night late into injury time.

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