Ryan Flamingo scored the Eredivisie club's third goal, but when he was sent off early in the second period, the momentum shifted towards the home side and it made it tense through headers from Cherif Ndiaye and Nasser Djiga.

PSV held firm, though, and remains on course for the play-offs with 11 points from seven matches. Red Star, meanwhile, is out of contention having managed only three points from the same number of fixtures.

PSV hit the front as De Jong rose to meet an outswinging corner from Joey Veerman and powered his header from 15 yards into the far corner of the net. He added a second from another Veerman corner shortly afterwards.

The visitors got a third before half-time and again it came from a corner as defender Flamingo volleyed home a thunderous strike.

But Flamingo’s joy turned to disbelief when he received a straight red card five minutes into the second period after he brought down Nemanja Radonjic on the edge of the box.

Red Star felt it had a chance with a numerical advantage and pulled two goals back as Ndiaye and Djiga scored with headers, but despite heavy pressure in the closing minutes, the hosts could not find an equalising goal.