Seven-up Ajax wipe floor with Venlo

Seven-up Ajax wipe floor with Venlo

Published Apr. 11, 2010 9:41 a.m. ET

FC Twente may be chasing the Eredivisie title but they are going to have to work hard to lift the trophy as Ajax remain hot on their heels. Luis Suarez and Marko Pantelic both netted hat-tricks as the Amsterdam outfit inflicted more misery on VVV Venlo with a 7-0 victory. Uruguayan forward Suarez did the early damage with two goals inside the opening nine minutes, including a penalty, before Pantelic made it 3-0 after just 12 minutes. Urby Emanuelson then got in on the act for Ajax's fourth and Suarez completed his treble before half-time. Pantelic struck twice more in the second half (75 and 80) to seal an 11th straight win for Ajax and lift them to within four points of Twente. PSV Eindhoven slipped three points behind Ajax after being held to a goalless draw by fourth-placed Feyenoord. Feyenoord have improved considerably in recent weeks and the stalemate at Philips Stadion stretched their unbeaten run to nine games, although they are too far back to overhaul PSV. Struggling ADO Den Haag notched their first win in eight attempts by beating FC Utrecht 2-0 away from home. Danny Buijs broke the deadlock after 17 minutes and Wesley Verhoek made the result safe just before half-time. Mid-table Groningen returned to form after a couple of losses by hammering Willem II 4-0. Thomas Enevoldsen opened the scoring inside 60 seconds and Nicklas Pedersen doubled Groningen's advantage midway through the first half. Tim Matavz and Leandro Bacuna also got on the scoresheet as Willem went down to a fourth consecutive defeat.

ADVERTISEMENT
share