THE HAGUE, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Ajax beat FC Twente 3-0 on Sunday to move closer towards a fourth consecutive Dutch league title.
Although Twente was the better team in the first half in the Amsterdam Arena, it was Ajax which took the lead in the 29th minute. Defender Stefano Denswil headed in a free-kick by Lasse Schone. Twente was close with Youness Mokhtar and Luc Castaignos both hitting the aluminum.
In the second half Ajax secured the victory, with Schone finishing a cross by Van Rhijn and Bojan smashing home the third.
Also on Sunday Feyenoord crushed Go Ahead Eagles 5-0 to move up to the second place. Lex Immers, Tonny Vilhena, Jean-Paul Boetius, Mitchell te Vrede and Miquel Nelom scored for the home team.
On Saturday PSV lost 3-2 at home to FC Groningen, while Vitesse drew 2-2 against sc Heerenveen.
Ajax now are on 62 points after 29 matches and Feyenoord climbed to the second spot with 54 points, also from 29 matches. Vitesse and PSV are third and fourth respectively with both 53 points out of 30 matches. FC Twente are fifth with 52 from 29 matches.