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Feyenoord continue winning streak with late victory at Twente

Xinhua, February 6, 2017 Adjust font size:

Feyenoord booked their 7th win in a row on Sunday to maintain a comfortable lead in the Dutch Eredivisie.

League leaders Feyenoord expected a difficult afternoon at FC Twente and had a difficult afternoon. The Rotterdam-based side decided the match in the final quarter. Eric Botteghin tipped in a cross by Eljero Elia and Nicolai Jorgensen's shot was misjudged by Twente goalkeeper Nick Marsman to make it 2-0 in Enschede.

Also on Sunday Roda JC and Ajax failed to entertain the audience in the first half. Ajax captain Davy Klaassen broke the deadlock in the 53rd minute. Amin Younes and substitute Abdelhak Nouri could have extended the score, but both his the post, and Roda also had some chances. In the final minute of injury-time Younes secured the 2-0 victory when he finished a long ball by Joel Veltman.

Jetro Willems scored the first goals for PSV at AZ on Saturday. The left back finished a solo effort across the field. Fred Friday narrowed the margin to one, but Gaston Pereiro and Luuk de Jong put PSV in the safe zone again. Five minutes from time AZ striker Friday added another goal to make the final score 4-2 for PSV.

Goalkeeper Tim Krul made his debut for AZ. He came over on loan from Newcastle United on the final day of the transfer window last Tuesday. Krul spent the first half of the season on loan at Ajax, losing the battle as first keeper to Andre Onana.

On Friday Vitesse defeated ADO Den Haag 2-0 in The Hague. Adnane Tighadouini and Ricky van Wolfswinkel scored to put struggling ADO in more trouble in the relegation zone.

With all teams in the top three winning the situation atop of the table remained unchanged. Feyenoord now lead the Eredivisie with 54 points from 21 of the 34 match rounds, followed by Ajax (49) and reigning champions PSV (46). Endit