PSV 3-0 Roda
Twente 3-2 Utrecht
Heerenveen 0-1 Groningen
Den Haag 2-1 AZ
Willem II 2-3 Feyenoord
Ajax 6-0 NAC
VVV Venlo 1-0 Heracles
Sparta 1-0 Waalwijk
Vitesse 2-2 NEC
Honda Calabro may sound like the forthcoming superbike from Japan's premier motorcycle manufacturers, but it is the combination which has seen lowly VVV Venlo remain unbeaten six games into the new Eredivisie season. After five straight draws, they managed their first win and yet again it was Keisuke Honda and Sandro Calabro that combined for the only goal of the game. Honda's free-kick in the eighth minute came back off the crossbar and, with the keeper stranded, Calabro followed it in and scored. Slack defending from Heracles, but VVV continue to entertain in the best possible way.
Waalwijk came up with VVV, but the contrast couldn't be starker. They've yet to win and this week may have been their best chance. Sparta are not a good side, but they had a comfortable time of it. The only goal came early, Romano Denneboom just about keeping the ball in and digging out a cross which was headed over the goalkeeper by a defender and onto the head of Rydell Poepon who nodded it into an empty net. Vitesse are struggling too and chucked away a two-goal lead at home to NEC. Santi Kolk scored in first half stoppage time to put the Arnhemers ahead and Claudemir Domingues made it two with ten minutes to go. Two late, late goals would rescue a point for NEC, Ramon Zomer with the first and then in the 94th minute, Arek Radomski's shot was turned past his own keeper by Kevin van Diermen. Heerenveen's poor start continues, Morten Nordstrand with Groningen's winner and Michael Dinsdag sent off in the last minute.
Which leaves the big five as we must now call them all up at the top end and separated by just two points. Ajax were most impressive of the five with a six-goal thumping of NAC who were just rubbish. A hat-trick from Dario Cvitanich grabbed the headlines, Luis Suarez tormented the visitors all afternoon and bagged one, as did Jan Vertonghen (a thunderblot of a free kick) and Kennedy Bakircioglu. Lax defending contributed to most of the goals and Leonardo, back at Breda following an unhappy spell at Ajax, had the most miserable debut, coming on at 6-0 down. Den Haag upset AZ by taking a 2-0 lead through Wesley Verhoek in the fourth minute and Lex Immers just after the break. There followed a siege on the Den Haag goal, but only Jeremain Lens's effort four minutes from the end got through as Ronald Koeman's side warmed up for their first Champions League encounter in the worst possible way.
Fun and games in Enschede on Saturday where Twente came from behind, conceded an equaliser, missed a penalty, had a man sent off and still beat Utrecht. Ricky van Wolfswinkel is in form and put Utrecht ahead early on, only for Blaise N'Kufo to level before half-time. Nicky Kuiper put Twente ahead shortly after the interval, only for van Wolfswinkel to level it up again within ten minutes. Then it all went mental in the dying moments, Kenneth Perez missed from 12 yards, but Bryan Ruiz saved his blushes with a fine goal in the first minute of stoppage time, taking a looping ball down on his chest while going away from goal and somehow wrapping his left peg round it and firing home. And there was still time for Chiek Tioté to pick up a second yellow and get sent off.
Feyenoord overcame stiff resistance from Willem II before emerging victorious. Three goals in the first twenty minutes saw Feyenoord emerge in front after Said Boutahar had put the Tilburgers ahead inside two minutes. Jon Dahl Tomasson struck twice to put Mario Been's side ahead, though Bart Biemans ensured it would be level at half-time. After the frenetic first half, the second just had Jonathan de Guzman's winner to show for it. It's PSV that end the round on top after a routine 3-0 win over Roda. Balazs Dzsudzsak's early strike set them on their way and second half goals from Stanislav Manolev and Otman Bakkal wrapped up a dominant performance.
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