Willem II 2-1 Groningen
Heracles 1-1 Sparta
Roda 2-0 NAC
Vitesse 3-1 Waalwijk
AZ 0-1 NEC
Den Haag 0-1 Utrecht
Feyenoord 1-3 PSV
VVV Venlo 0-4 Ajax
Heerenveen 0-2 Twente
The last time PSV took on one of their big rivals, they edged a seven-goal thriller against Ajax on home soil. On Sunday lunchtime, they went to Rotterdam to face Feyenoord and again came out with an impressive win. Four first half goals promised much and though the second half saw no further addition to the score, there was no lack of entertainment. A rejuvenated Danny Koevermans led the line for PSV and he put his side two up in 20 minutes, only for Andwele Slory to pull one back three minutes later. Otman Bakkal restored the two-goal lead before the break and that broke the back of the Rotterdam resistance and the second period all went a bit Jackie Chan as they strived to get back in it. Somehow, it remained eleven-a-side as PSV closed out a 3-1 win.
Twente keep pace with leaders PSV thanks to a brace from Miroslav Stoch, the Slovakian winger on loan in Enschede from Chelsea. Having lost wide men Eljero Elia and Marko Arnautovic in the off season, Stoch provides the width Twente had been missing for the early part of the season and Heerenveen's miserable season continues. Luis Suarez grabbed another four - that's ten in seven games - as Ajax belted VVV Venlo who were overrun. The first came just three minutes in and three more in the second half completed Venlo's first defeat. AZ were surprisingly beaten, Lorenzo Davids getting the only goal for NEC three minutes from time, AZ failing to clear and Davids curling it in from 25 yards.
Waalwijk look down already after heavy defeat in the Gelredome in Arnhem. Lasse Nilsson put Vitesse ahead, but Waalwijk were back in it through Fouad Idabdelhay before Gijs Luirink spurned a chance to put RKC ahead from 12 yards. Piet Velthuizen saved and Vitesse didn't look back. Santi Kolk succeeded where Luirink had failed to put Vitesse back in front and Paul Verhaegh made it safe early in the second half. Groningen remain in the bottom three after another defeat, this one after going ahead against Willem II who move above them. Groningen were ahead in seven minutes through Koen van der Laak, but two goals late in the first half - Sergio Zijler and a penalty from Christophe Gregoire - gave the Tilburgers the win. Heracles and Sparta battled to a 1-1 draw Ayodele Adeleye put Sparta in front only for Darl Douglas to square it up. Sparta had Emmanuel Boakye dismissed with quarter of an hour to go, but they held on. Mads Junker struck twice in three second half minutes for Roda as they saw off NAC and Utrecht remain in touch at the sharp end with a 1-0 win over Den Haag, Dries Mertens bagging the winner.
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