A Preview of Eredivisie action

A Preview of Eredivisie action

Roy Makaay's last-gasp penalty preserved Feyenoord's unbeaten start to the Eredivisie campaign and earned them a 1-1 with FC Twente top spot.

Substitute Nicky Kuiper struck what looked to be the decisive goal 16 minutes from time at De Kuip to seemingly set Steve McClaren's visitors on course for the victory that would have put them a point clear of champions AZ Alkmaar.

But the hosts were offered the chance to nick a draw with the award of a 90th-minute spot-kick and Makaay made no mistake.

Danny Koevermans scored twice in 14 second-half minutes to give PSV Eindhoven a 2-0 victory at FC Groningen.

After an evenly-contested opening period, Koevermans proved the difference between the two sides to leave Groningen firmly in the relegation places and left PSV in third place, above Twente on goal difference.

Koevermans headed in the first with a superb header from 12 yards and made sure of all three points 10 minutes from time with Balazs Dzsudzsak again providing an assist. His cross from the left found Koevermans in the area and he fired a right-foot shot beyond Groningen goalkeeper Luciano da Silva from 10 yards.

Three goals in the final half-hour saw Ajax sink 10-man Heracles 3-0 and return to within two points of AZ.

Toby Alderweireld opened the scoring midway through the second half, shortly before the hosts were reduced to 10 men by the dismissal of Kwame Quansah.

Strikes in the final five minutes from Dario Cvitanich and Ismail Aissati then secured the points for Martin Jol's visitors.

NAC Breda bounced back from a Europa League hammering on Thursday to claim their third win in five Eredivisie games, 2-0 against Heerenveen.

Robert Maaskant's side were thrashed 6-1 by Villarreal in the second leg of their play-off clash, but made some amends today as second-half goals from Kees Kwakman and Matthew Amoah helped them continue their good start to the season.

It was a bad end to a positive week for Heerenveen, who did take their place in the Europa League group phase with an away-goals victory over PAOK Salonika.

Champions AZ Alkmaar climbed to the top with a 2-1 victory over Willem II on Saturday night.

Australian Brett Holman put Ronald Koeman's side in front in the seventh minute and Hector Moreno bagged a second just moments after Sergio Zijler had levelled to secure a fourth win in five games for AZ.

FC Utrecht maintained their unbeaten start to the season and moved up to fourth with a home 2-0 win against Sparta Rotterdam.

Second-half goals from Jacob Lensky and Gregoor van Dijk ensured a third win in four games for Utrecht.

VVV-Venlo remain without a win in the Eredivisie this season after recording their fifth successive draw at NEC Nijmegen.

Sandro Calabro fired the newly-promoted side in front after half an hour, but Ramon Zomer levelled matters for NEC in the second half and the match ended 1-1.

Vitesse Arnhem edged a thrilling match at Roda JC 4-3 on Friday night to record their first win of the new season.

Vitesse were quick off the mark with a goal in the first minute from Lasse Nilsson but had to wait for their other scorers - Nicky Hofs three minutes before the break, substitute Sinan Kaloglu 14 minutes from time and Santi Kolk with the winner seconds before the final whistle.

Roda did not go quietly on their home patch thanks to a 27th-minute equaliser from Mads Junker, Frank Van der Struijk's own goal which made it all square again early in the second half and an Anouar Hadouir effort to put his team 3-2 in front on the hour.

RKC Waalwijk slumped to their fifth straight defeat - 2-0 at home to ADO Den Haag - as their nightmare start to the season continued.

Bogdan Milic and Wesley Verhoek scored either side of half-time to earn ADO their second away victory of the campaign.