Ajax 4-0 Willem II
NAC 4-0 Vitesse
Twente 3-2 AZ
PSV 1-0 Heerenveen
VVV Venlo 1-1 Roda
Groningen 0-0 Utrecht
NEC 1-1 Den Haag
Waalwijk 0-1 Heracles
Sparta 2-1 Feyenoord
AZ are already eleven points off the Eredivisie lead after defeat in Enschede on Saturday. Ex-Alkmaarder Kenneth Perez put Twente ahead towards the end of a first half they dominated when Miroslav Stoch's cross was missed by Bryan Ruiz and Perez had time to steady himself and smash it home from a tight angle. Into the second half and two goals in two minutes put AZ in front, Mounir El Hamdaoui back from injury to make Sander Boschker look statuesque as he dribbled the ball past the static keeper before Peter Wisgerhof inexplicably launched himself at a cross which Boschker had covered and could only watch in horror as it ended in the back of his own net. Ruiz restored parity a couple of minutes later with a neat half-volley from Blaise N'Kufo's chipped through ball and that's how it looked like finishing despite massive Twente pressure. Three seconds remained of the two added minutes at the end of the game when N'Kufo bundled the ball in at the near post as Twente piled cross after cross into the AZ box and the champions already look out of it while Twente continue to lead.
PSV maintain the pressure on Steve McClaren's side after a single goal was enough to beat Heerenveen. Just nine minutes remained when the Eindhoveners finally got the breakthrough they deserved, Danko Lazovic alive to the ricochet after the brilliant Ola Toivonen checked back onto his right foot and curled a terrific shot off the post. Ajax won too, adding four more goals to an already prolific season against lowly Willem II who had Leonardo Veloso sent off. They were already two down by that point as Eyong Enoh broke the deadlock seconds from half-time, firing in from 20 yards as the Tilburgers failed to clear. A neat free-kick routine gave Miralem Sulejmani the second just after the hour and Marko Pantelic stabbed one in a minute after Veloso saw red as the offside trap was let down by a recalcitrant right back. And there was still time for the now customary Luis Suarez goal, the Uruguayan picking up Enoh's lay-off and shooting on the turn. Feyenoord lost ground after a fiery Rotterdam derby which saw three red cards. André Bahia put Feyenoord in front just after the half hour, heading in from about a foot, before all the fun began early in the second half. Sekou Cissé was sent off for Feyenoord six minutes after the restart and a further six minutes later, Rydell Poepon's deflected shot levelled matters. Just two minutes later, Jon Dahl Tomasson joined Cissé in the Feyenoord sheds. Poepon also got his marching orders, but Sparta still had the numerical advantage and got the winner six minutes from time when Kevin Strootman fired in from the edge of the box. Utrecht couldn't find a way past a desperate Groningen rearguard, but remain well placed.
VVV Venlo drew yet again - their seventh in ten games so far - at home to Roda who went ahead through Morten Skoubo's delightful chip half an hour in. The equaliser was a bit less artful, lots of bodies in the box making dealing with a corner tough for Roda and Ken Leemans fired in from six yards. Waalwijk remain bottom, beaten by Heracles who had Bas Dost to thank for the winner. Waalwijk gave the ball away cheaply and Dost capitalised, taking the ball round the keeper and slotting home from a fine angle. A couple of clumsy challenges from behind earned Benjamin de Cuelar a pair of bookings and RKC finished with ten. Vitesse paid a heavy price for Frank van den Struijk's red card, a stupid handball on the edge of the box earning him a 34th minute dismissal when it was still 0-0. Edwin de Graaf thumped in the penalty and Roda were away. Kees Kwakman made it two just before the break, headaing in from a free-kick, before two in ten minutes from Anthony Lurling wrapped up a 4-0 win. He robbed Claudemir on the edge of the Vitesse box for his first as the Brazilian dallied in possession while his second came at the end of a quick and incisive counter. NEC came from behind to grab a point at home to Den Haag who went ahead in the first half when Bogdan Milic got a faint touch to a powerful goal-bound header to just take it away from the keeper. The equaliser was a stunning effort from John Goossens, twenty minutes from time. Taking the ball on his chest, he flicked it up and volleyed it up and over the keeper from fully thirty yards out. A cracking effort worth more than the single point it gained.
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