AZ Alkmaar climbed to second in the Eredivisie table after seeing off stubborn FC Twente 2-0.
Early on Wout Weghorst danced into the Twente box after collecting Jonas Svensson's through ball but Jorn Brondeel made a smart low save.
Teun Koopmeiners tested Brondeel with a hard shot as half-time drew nearer, but Twente resisted.
AZ kept plugging away after the break yet they would need a penalty award to make the breakthrough. Iran international Alireza Jahanbakhsh converted the spot-kick on 65 minutes.
Scorer then turned provider as Joris van Overeem killed off the contest with a finish from Jahanbakhsh's cross.
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Dutch Eredivisie Standings
POS | Team | GP | GD | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Feyenoord Rotterdam | 19 | +27 | 42 |
2 | AZ Alkmaar | 19 | +16 | 40 |
3 | PSV Eindhoven | 19 | +24 | 38 |
4 | Ajax Amsterdam | 19 | +30 | 37 |
5 | FC Twente | 19 | +19 | 36 |
6 | Sparta Rotterdam | 19 | +13 | 33 |
7 | FC Utrecht | 19 | +1 | 30 |
8 | Heerenveen | 19 | -1 | 27 |
9 | NEC Nijmegen | 19 | +3 | 23 |
10 | RKC Waalwijk | 18 | -2 | 22 |
11 | Fortuna Sittard | 19 | -8 | 22 |
12 | Go Ahead Eagles | 18 | -6 | 19 |
13 | Vitesse | 19 | -12 | 19 |
14 | Excelsior | 19 | -23 | 19 |
15 | FC Volendam | 19 | -23 | 16 |
16 | FC Emmen | 19 | -19 | 15 |
17 | SC Cambuur | 19 | -19 | 12 |
18 | FC Groningen | 19 | -20 | 12 |
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