Feyenoord maintain their advantage, all Eredivisie top 3 draws

Jens Tornstra (right) arrived in Utrecht in just three minutes. Photo: ANP/Olaf Kraak

Feyenoord missed a chance to finish five points clear at the top of the Eredivisie as the top three teams all drew in the first weekend of league football since the World Cup.

Former De Kuip favorite Jens Thunstra Scored the first goal for Utrecht Just three minutes later, Bas Dost’s backheel pass was slotted against his old club.

Feyenoord improved in the second half but had to wait until the 90th minute to equalize after a powerful shot from substitute Alireza Jakanbakhsh. They were denied the winner when a Santiago Jiménez header was ruled out for offside in the 10th minute of stoppage time.

Ajax too Had to settle with a draw with NEC Former goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen was heroic in the home side’s goal.In the 38th minute, Daby Klaasen put the visitors ahead with a spectacular volley from Dusan Tadic, but Ossama Tannane’s free-kick scored Landry Dimata from close range, and NEC equalized early in the second half.

PSV Miss Gakupo

PSV also dropped points in the first match since World Cup star Cody Gakpo moved to Liverpool. Anwar Elghazi was recalled to the front line, but Nick he could not find a way past Ollie as Sparta avoided his first defeat in 13 years against Phillips at his stadium.

Twente Enschede were the only team to score a win in the first half. beat Emmen 2-0 on Friday nightCzech midfielder Michael Sadilek scored his second goal in his first game since August after considering giving up the game due to tinnitus.

Woldendam moved away from under the table. Won the relegation match in CambuurBilal Ould-Chikh and Robert Mühren scored two goals in the first ten minutes, with Henk Veerman adding his third extra just 27 seconds later.

The Go Ahead Eagles extended their September unbeaten streak to nine games. 2-0 win over Fortuna SittardExcelsior were the other winners of the weekend, beating Groningen 1–0 with a late goal from Redouan El Jacobi.

AZ Alkmaar fell to fifth behind Twente on goal difference, but after Vangelis Pavlidis gave Alkmaarders the lead late in the second half, Vitesse Arnhem equalized three minutes later after passing Mohamed Sankow.

World Cup goalkeeper Andries Noppelt returned to domestic duty at Waalwijk to keep a clean sheet, while opposite number Etienne Wessen held Heerenveen to a 0–0 draw. We played a great match.

result

Friday

Twente Enschede 2-0 Emmen.

Saturday

AZ Alkmaar 1-1 Vitesse Arnhem

Fortuna Sittard 0-2 Go Ahead Eagles

PSV 0-0 Sparta Rotterdam

RKC Waalwijk 0-0 Heerenveen

Sunday

Camburg Leeuwarden 0-3 Volendam

Excelsior 1-0 Groningen

NEC Nijmegen 1-1 Ajax

Utrecht 1-1 Feyenoord