Frank de Boer’s side is one step closer to the title as goals from Derk Boerrigter and Kolbeinn Sigthorsson secured an easy win over Pieter Huistra’s men to keep them six points clear at the top.
In round-31 of the Dutch top flight, Ajax Amsterdam secured a convincing 2-0 win over FC Groningen at Amsterdam Arena on Sunday, April 22.
The Amsterdam giants dominated proceedings in front of their home crowd right from the kick-off with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Christian-Eriksen-c9074 firing wide of the target in the fifth minute.
Despite enjoying the lion’s share of ball possession afterwards, the Amsterdammers failed to create any further goalscoring opportunity of note until the 42nd minute.
Eriksen’s shot was blocked by the Groningen goalkeeper, Luciano. The rebound fell straight into the path of the Danish ace, but his second effort was cleared off the line by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lorenzo-Burnet-c22424.
Seconds before the half-time break, the Amsterdam giants did manage to break the deadlock through http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Siem-de-Jong-c33482 tried his luck from range and his effort deflected off a defender and fell straight in the feet of the winger, who did well to
hit the back of the net from six yards.
The defending Dutch champions continued to assert their authority with Eriksen nearly doubling his side’s advantage, but his effort went inches wide of the target. Moments later, De Jong unleashed a powerful effort straight at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luciano-c22574 before the goalkeeper
kept out Theo Janssen’s low free-kick, as the visitors continued to live dangerously.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ismail-Aissati-c17108 then tried his luck from range, but his deflected shot rattled the post and went out for a corner.
Boerrigter had a good opportunity to score his second of the evening, but his effort went inches wide of the right post, much to the dismay of the Amsterdammers head coach, Frank de Boer.
The home side continued to play aggressive football and eventually doubled their lead in the 80th minute. De Jong made a nice run towards the penalty area before setting up Kolbeinn Sigthorsson, and the Icelandic ace finished with ease to seal
a 2-0 win in favour of Ajax.
All three points saw the reigning Eredivisie champions reclaim their six-point lead at the summit of the Eredivisie table. In addition, the victory ensures the Amsterdam giants that they now need only four points more to retain the title.
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