Tomasson earns win for Feyenoord

Tomasson earns win for Feyenoord

Published Feb. 4, 2010 2:40 p.m. ET

There was little to choose between the Eredivisie's bottom club and high-flyers Feyenoord, but after Tomasson struck the visitors took control and deserved their victory, although they saw Denny Landzaat sent off six minutes from time. The win moves Feyenoord to within four points of third-placed Ajax, but leading pair PSV Eindhoven and FC Twente remain out of sight. Georginio Wijnaldum had a sight of goal for the visitors after 10 minutes when he was played in by Diego Biseswar, but could not find the target from inside the box. At the other end, Hans Mulder found Benjamin De Ceulaer on the counter-attack, but the Belgian shot wide. The sides exchanged pot-shots as Derk Boerrigter for RKC and Tomasson for Feyenoord, after good work from Biseswar, failed to find the target. The game turned three minutes into the second half. Tomasson received the ball on the left-hand side of the penalty area and sent a neat lob just under the RKC crossbar. After that it was all Feyenoord. Andre Bahia's free-kick just after the hour mark found Ron Vlaar, who headed just the wrong side of the post. Karim El Ahmadi then sent in a shot from 25 yards, but RKC keeper Ohad Levita turned the ball out for a corner. After 72 minutes, Charlison Benschop drew a good save from Rob Van Dijk from RKC's only decent chance of the second half. Landzaat, who had only been on the pitch 15 minutes, saw red for a high tackle from behind on Mulder, but RKC could not take advantage.

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