PSV back on top of Eredivisie as Feyenoord slump in Heerenveen
It took just 46 seconds for PSV to get off the mark as Sven Mijnans headed in unmarked. The midfielder added a second after 15 minutes and completed his hat-trick with a free-kick in the 80th minute to make the score 4-2, just as Cambuur were threatening a comeback.
Feyenoord's dip in form continued as theylet a two-goal lead slip at Heerenveen. The Rotterdammers looked to be in control going into the break with a trademark drilled shot by Anis Hadj Moussa and a penalty by Nacho Ferri.
But Maas Willemsen bundled in the ball from a corner on the stroke of half-time, before Ringo Meerveld came on for the second half and scored a hat-trick as Feyenoord's defence crumbled under pressure. "In the matches when we played well I saw a team that fought for each other," Feyenoord coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst said after the game.
"Mentally strong, kept running even when we didn't have the ball. When we don't do that we're a lesser team.
Meerdinck penalty drama Mexx Meerdink scored a hotly contested late penalty to settle a tempestuous game in Alkmaar as AZ came back from 3-1 down against Groningen to claim their first win in five matches. Goalkeeper Etienne Vaessen was given a second yellow card for protesting too hard against the decision to penalise him for upending Ayoub Oufkir.
Once the commotion died down Meerdink, who had missed from the spot against Vaessen earlier in the second half, made no mistake against substitute goalkeeper Lovro Stubljar. Ajax missed the chance to take over top spot at Twente as theirformer striker Wout Weghorst scored a last-minute penaltyto rescue a point for the home side.
Ajax had been 2-0 up with a bullet header by their giant striker Tolu Arokodare and a long-range strike by Rayane Bounida, before an own goal by Dies Janse brought the visitors back into the game. Valk own goal Fortuna Sittard alsohad to settle for a point against Telstarafter going 2-0 up thanks to a bizarre own goal by Sem Valk.
The defender's sliced clearance looped over the head of Ronald Koeman Junior as the goalkeeper tried to head it away rather than risk being penalised for handling a backpass. Goals just before half-time by Abdelnour Soualhia and Patrick Brouwer brought Telstar back into the game, but neither side was able to find a winner after the break.
That result allowed ADO, under the guidance of interim coach Levi Schwiebbe, toclose the gap on 16th-placed Telstar to one pointwith a 3-1 win against Sparta, while bottom Willem IIcollected their third point of the seasonat home to PEC Zwolle. Friday Willem II 1-1 PEC Zwolle Saturday ADO Den Haag 3-1 Sparta Rotterdam Excelsior 0-1 Go Ahead Eagles Fortuna Sittard 2-2 Telstar Sunday Twente Enschede 2-2 Ajax AZ Alkmaar 4-3 Groningen Cambuur Leeuwarden 2-5 PSV Eindhoven Heerenveen 5-3 Feyenoord Utrecht 2-3 NEC Nijmegen Thank you for donating to DutchNews."