Ajax Closer To Top Spot; PSV and Sparta Rotterdam Draw

Four games were played Sunday in the Dutch Eredivisie:

At The Hague:

Second-half goals from Johnny Heitinga (58') and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (70') lifted Ajax Amsterdam to a come-from-behind 2-1 road win over basement occupants ADO Den Haag. The win moves Ajax into second place and to within three points of league-leading PSV Eindhoven.

At Rotterdam:

Haris Medunjanin's equalizer (76') lifted Sparta Rotterdam to a 1-1 home draw with league-leading PSV Eindhoven, whose lead over Ajax Amsterdam was sliced to three points.

At Enschede:

Kennedy Bakircioglu's double (57', 88') helped power Twente Enschede to their fourth consecutive league triumph, a 3-0 home whitewashing of Feyenoord Rotterdam.

At Utrecht:

Peter Kopteff's tally (76') lifted FC Utrecht to a 1-0 home victory over NAC Breda.