It was a weekend of goals in the Eredivisie. PSV beat Willem II 7-0 on Saturday, and many expected that to be the headline. Then FC Twente went one better on Sunday, hammering Excelsior 9-0 in Rotterdam. Telstar also grabbed a rare win, while a crowd problem in Leeuwarden brought an early end to another match.
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PSV and Twente Run Riot
PSV had an easy day against Willem II, who were playing their first game under manager Jurgen Streppel, back for a second spell in charge. The Eindhoven side led 2-0 at the break. Mauro Junior got the opener in the 20th minute after Willem II failed to clear the ball properly.
Guus Til, who had set up that first goal with a cross, added the second just before halftime.
Ruben van Bommel headed in the third in the ninth minute of the second half, from a Sven Mijnans cross. The visitors then fell apart over the last 20 minutes.
Ricardo Pepi nodded in a fourth in the 73rd minute, and Kodai Sano scored from a Pepi assist. Shruyjano Cornecion rounded off the night with his first-ever PSV goal.
PSV moved to 23 points, two behind leaders Feyenoord and one behind Ajax.
Willem II sit bottom with two points from 11 games. They have no league win yet, have lost five in a row, and this was their joint heaviest defeat in the Eredivisie.
Twente's win was even bigger.
It was the largest league victory in the history of the Enschede club, and the heaviest Eredivisie defeat Excelsior have ever suffered. The game was practically settled after five minutes, when Nesto Groen was sent off for stretching out a raised leg to control a high ball and catching Twente defender Robin Pröpper in the chest. Twente had faced ten-man Excelsior in Rotterdam last season and still lost, so this time they left n.
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