Ronald Koeman was forced to defend Man Utd defender Matthijs de Ligt after his poor performance in the Netherlands win over Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Dutch cruised to a convincing 5-2 victory over the eastern European side on Saturday with Joshua Zirkzee, Tijjani Reijnders, Cody Gakpo, Wout Weghorst and Xavi Simons scoring their goals.
Ermedin Demirovic made it 1-1 on 27 minutes with the Bosnian forward taking advantage of some poor defending from De Ligt to get his side back on level terms.
Disappointing positioning from De Ligt had played Demirovic onside, while the centre-back was guilty of ball-watching as Edin Dzeko made it 3-2 on 73 minutes before Weghorst and Simons late goals secured the Nations League points for the Netherlands.
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