Sergiño Dest made a scoring start to the new Dutch league season to help PSV Eindhoven begin their Eredivisie title defense with an emphatic 6-1 home win over Sparta Rotterdam on Saturday.

The United States defender, who also scored in last week's Johan Cruyff Shield, found the net with a spectacular strike high into the roof of the net in first-half stoppage time to put PSV into a 3-0 lead at the interval.

Debutant Ruben van Bommel , the son of former PSV player and coach Mark van Bommel, opened the scoring on his debut before veteran Croatia international Ivan Perisic grabbed a second.

And PSV didn't let up in the second half, with goals from Joey Veerman , Guus Til and Yarek Gasiorowski ensuring the resounding win, despite a consolation from the visitors.

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