Summary Ajax went top of the Dutch league for the first time this season with a 3-0 win over PEC Zwolle.
AMSTERDAM (AP) - Defending champion Ajax went top of the Dutch league for the first time this season after beating PEC Zwolle 3-0 on Sunday, and Feyenoord moved level on points with second-place PSV Eindhoven by edging out Roda JC 1-0.
PSV went into the weekend as league leader but lost 2-1 to SC Heerenveen on Saturday and dropped to second after Ajax s victory.
Icelandic striker Kolbeinn Sigthorsson gave Ajax the lead in the 19th minute with a shot from the right into the far corner.
Captain Siem de Jong made it 2-0 seven minutes later with a sharp turn and shot. Substitute Derk Boerrigter completed the scoring 10 minutes from the final whistle with a tap in from close range after a strong run and cross from the left by Christian Eriksen.
Ajax coach Frank de Boer praised his side s domination against Zwolle and other opponents this season.
"I m convinced that if you play like that ... you will win 99 times out of 100," De Boer said. "We were a bit sloppy at times, but we didn t give away any real chances and in the end it could have been six- or seven-nil if we d been a little sharper."
In Kerkrade, Italian striker Graziano Pelle scored his 20th league goal of the season with a header from a cross by Ruben Schaken to give Feyenoord victory.
Feyenoord was lucky to survive a spirited comeback by Roda in the second half. The home team looked to have earned a spot kick shortly after the break when captain Sanharib Malki was floored in the penalty area, but referee Peter Vink waved away his appeals.
"It was a 100 percent penalty. No discussion," Roda coach Ruud Brood said. "Based on the second half, we deserved a goal."
In Enschede, FC Twente could not escape from its downward spiral, losing 1-0 to Vitesse Arnhem after missing a string of good chances. Vitesse striker Wilfried Bony made no such mistake, calmly slotting in his only opportunity of the match in the 63rd minute for his league-leading 24th goal of the season.
Twente, which fired coach Steve McClaren two weeks ago, has not won a match in 2013 and has slipped to sixth place after looking like a title candidate for much of the first half of the season.
