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Feyenoord veteran Robin van Persie has called on his team-mates to use their Ajax 6-2 win this weekend as a springboard for the rest of the season.
Aged 35, he dismissed his recent injury problems to score two goals either side of the half. klbadieker in favor of the Rotterdamers. They then recorded their biggest win over their old rivals since 1964.
"We have to be more consistent, that's the goal," Van Persie said after the match. "It's been a long time since we've had such a good game today, let's be honest."
Feyenoord had a frightening start to the match with Lbade Schöne's 1-0 free kick in the 8th minute to take the lead with goals from Jens Toornstra and Steven Berghuis, the latter in the 31st minute.
Hakim Ziyech equalized the goals two minutes later, but Van Persie gave Feyenoord the advantage of coming back in the 42nd minute and doubling in 10 minutes after halftime. The goals of Tonny VIlhena and Ybadin Ayoub ended the humiliation inflicted on Ajax in the last quarter of an hour.
Manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst called the result "historic" by beating a personal best, having never seen his team beat Ajax in a match against Eredivisie. "The best thing was the way we won it," he said. "We fought and we did not let go. We made the most of Ajax's weaknesses. '
De Jong: 'different'
The Ajax players have admitted that the team was struggling to regain form since returning from the winter break. After having conceded only eight goals in 18 games, the Amsterdams have now lost 10 goals in their last two outings. Since 1959, Ajax has not conceded four goals in two league games.
Defensive midfielder Frenkie de Jong, whose transfer of 75 million euros to Barcelona was confirmed last week, said: "Before the winter break, we could see that our movement was good and everyone knew that that they were supposed to do. It's very different now.
The result also means PSV opened a five-point lead atop the standings after a 2-1 win against Groningen on Saturday, thanks to two early goals from Hirving Lozano.
Weird purpose
AZ Alkmaar is ranked fourth with a 2-0 win at Heerenveen, thanks to the strange goal of Osama Idrissi. The winger was about to take a corner when he saw Heerenveen goalkeeper Warner Hahn go out to talk to his defenders and quickly fold the ball into the unguarded net.
Speed Arnhem remains fifth despite his 2-1 defeat at Fortuna after Utrecht's 1-0 defeat by Dick Advocaat against Willem II.
In the second half of the table, PEC Zwolle followed Feyenoord's defeat last weekend by defeating Heracles Almelo, while Emmen scored another goal in injury time to seal a 3-2 win at VVV Venlo.
The Groningen defeat left them in 16th place ahead of the NAC, which drew 1-1 at home against ADO Den Haag and De Graafschap, who dropped 2-0 at Excelsior.
Results
Friday
NAC Breda 1-1 ADO Den Haag
Saturday
Excelsior 2-0 De Graafschap
Heracles 0-2 PEC Zwolle
PSV 2-1 Groningen
VVV Venlo 2-3 Emmen
Sunday
Feyenoord 6-2 Ajax
Fortuna Sittard 2-1 Speed Arnhem
Heerenveen 0-2 AZ Alkmaar
Utrecht 0-1 Willem II Tilburg
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