PSV Eindhoven 1 - 3 Ajax

Ajax gave themselves a glimmer of hope in the
Eredivisie title race after beating runaway leaders
PSV 3-1 at the Philips Stadion on Sunday.
PSV dropped points at home for the first time this
season on Sunday as Ajax cut the gap at the top of
the Eredivisie to 11 points.
Phillip Cocu’s side have built their impressive
league campaign on an impeccable record at the
Philips Stadion, but Ajax ended their 12-game
winning run with a 3-1 victory.
Two goals in the closing minutes gave the visitors
all three points, Lasse Schone and Anwar El-Ghazi
on target to the delight of Frank de Boer.
Ajax’s late strikes came after Luuk de Jong had
cancelled out Ricardo Kishna’s first-half opener, but
PSV remain in control of the title race with a
comfortable advantage.
Another turbulent week for Feyenoord ended in
further disappointment as a goalless draw with
Utrecht saw them fall further behind Ajax and PSV
– piling the pressure on head coach Fred Rutten.
Midweek trouble in their UEFA Europa League clash
with Roma brought the club back into the headlines
for all the wrong reasons, and the players struggled
under the spotlight as they failed to score away
from home for a second successive league match.
At the bottom, Excelsior moved eight points clear of
the danger zone after a comprehensive 3-0 victory
over Heerenveen.
Luigi Bruins gave Excelsior an early lead after five
minutes before Tom van Weert doubled their
advantage early in the second half with his third
goal in two games.
Kevin Vermeulen secured the victory in stoppage
time, cutting in from the left to fire into the top
corner.
Meanwhile, Xander Houtkoop rescued a point for
ADO Den Haag with a stoppage-time strike that saw
their match with Groningen finish 1-1.
Den Haag found themselves behind after 53 minutes
when Tjaronn Chery converted from 12 yards, three
minutes after team-mate Nick van der Velden had
spurned a penalty attempt.
Groningen were unable to hold onto the win, though,
as Houtkoop fired low past Sergio Padt five minutes
into stoppage time.