Luuk de Jong’s hat-trick and a goal from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Leroy-Fer-c22126 secured all three points for the Tukkers to snatch second place from AZ Alkmaar.
On match-day 19, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Twente-c39233 Enschede recorded a convincing 4-1 win against FC Groningen at De Grolsch Veste on Sunday, January 29.
The home side were dealt with a blow early on in the match when http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Tim-Cornelisse-c35087 due to an injury.
However, the Tukkers never really showed that they were dented by the injury and played aggressively. In the 14th minute, Ola John provided a pinpoint cross in the box, and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luuk-de-Jong-c22956 made no mistake in heading his 13th goal of the
season from six yards.
Nine minutes later, John made a marauding run on the left flank before passing the ball to De Jong, who converted with ease to make the score-line 2-0.
Down two goals inside the first half-hour, the Green-White-Army started to show resistance and play good football. However, they failed to create any goal scoring opportunities.
In the stoppage time of the opening half, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Petter-Andersson-c29865 made a brilliant move forward after receiving a good pass from the midfield and powered his show into the back of the net. However, his effort was ruled out for offside, much to the relief of the
Tukkers head coach, Steve McClaren.
After the break, the visitors resumed the proceedings brightly and pulled one back through Virgil van Dijk. Dusan Tadic’s free-kick found the 20-year-old stopper, who controlled the ball impressively before firing home.
However, the visitors failed to build on the breakthrough and the home side restored their two-goal lead eleven minutes later. John and De Jong yet again combined upfront, as the former crossed for the Dutch International to head past visiting goalkeeper,
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luciano-c22574, to claim his hat-trick.
In the 67th minute, the hosts added another to take the game away from the outfit from Groningen. De Jong made a brilliant run forward before setting his teammate Leroy Fer in the box for a simple finish.
The visiting side tried their level best to crawl their way back into the match, but the Tukkers dominated proceedings until the full time whistle and secured all three points with a comfortable 4-1 victory.
All three points coupled with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/PSV-c40281 Eindhoven.
FC Twente will lock horns against De Graafschap while http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/RKC-Waalwijk-c40370 in their next league encounter on Sunday, February 5.
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