He came away with the point of the draw from the away big derby against the Ajaxremaining at a “safe distance” from her pursuers Eindhoven!
Even-keeled from the start, Ayanta (for whom Jordan Henderson was making his debut) took the lead in the 19th minute when, following Bergfein’s pass, Berkhouse beat the visitors’ defense and sent the ball into the net for 1-0.
However, Eindhoven didn’t take long to find the equaliser, with De Jong to make the most of Saibari’s cross, scoring with a beautiful move on the move, in the 34th minute!
Both teams created chances to score and take the three-point win in the second half, but the 1-1 stayed till the end. Thus, Eindhoven remained at the top of the Eredivisie, having 13 points more than the second-placed Feyenoord (they have a game less, since they will face Pavlidis’ Alkmaar on Sunday), while Ajax reached 35 points, continuing the battle to enter the top four .
Back to winning ways after two consecutive unsuccessful attempts for 3rd in the standings, Twentywhich prevailed comfortably 3-0 her Waalwijk thanks to the goals of Van Folskwickel (21′), Boadu (79′) and Taha (81′), while Sittard and Herrenfein they were tied 3-3by Dimitris Siova to compete in the entire match for Fortuna!
The 20th matchday in detail:
Saturday 3/2
Twente-Waalwijk 3-0
(21′ Van Volkswickel, 79′ Boadou, 81′ Taha)
Fortuna Sittard-Heerenfein 3-3
(60′ pen, 80′ Halilovic, 63′ Guth – 19′ Sahraoui, 24′, 72′ Browers)
Ajax-Eindhofen 1-1
(19′ Berkhouse – 34′ De Jong)
Nijmegen-Heracles (22:00)
Sunday 4/2
Fitese-Gow Ahead Eagles (13:15)
Alkmaar-Feyenoord (15:30)
Utrecht-Volendam
Sparta Rotterdam-Zwolle (17:45)
Source: Sport Fm
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