Eredivisie wrap: NAC shock leaders AZ, high five for PSV

PSV capitalised on AZ Alkmaar’s slip-up in the Eredivisie to move within a point of the leaders after a thumping 5-1 win away to Heerenveen.

With news AZ had lost their earlier match 2-1 to NAC Breda, PSV ran riot with three first-half goals within the space of six minutes.

Ola Toivonen scored a brace either side of Tim Matavz’s headed goal in the 20th minute before Georgino Wijnaldum and Marcelo both nodded home in the second half to make it five.

Rajiv Van La Parra fired in a consolation goal for the hosts on 73 minutes.

Ajax were similarly impressive in a crushing 4-0 win over 10-man ADO Den Haag at the Amsterdam Arena.

The visitors were forced to play with 10 men for 80 minutes when Ramon Leeuwin was shown red for a two-footed challenge on Christian Eriksen and the home side made them pay dearly.

Eriksen fired the opener into the bottom corner on 19 minutes but it took Ajax until almost the hour mark to make it two.

Theo Janssen belatedly doubled their advantage in the 58th minute before Dmitry Bulykin and Miralem Sulejmani took advantage of Den Haag’s tiring defence to add the third and fourth respectively.

The win moves Ajax to within five points of the leaders, in fourth position.

Ajax’s fine outing was further aided by AZ’s failure to win at NAC Breda.

Australian Brett Holman cancelled out Anthony Lurling’s opener for Breda on the stroke of half-time but Milano Koenders was on hand in stoppage time to stun the league leaders.

Third-placed Twente blew their chance to put pressure on the top two after they suffered a 3-2 loss to Feyenoord.

John Guidetti struck a first-half hat-trick to put the home side ahead 3-0 at the interval but Twente hit back in the second half with goals from Nacer Chadli and Luuk de Jong, but it was not enough.