Eredivisie round-up: Utrecht upset leaders Ajax

FC Utrecht inflicted only a second defeat of the season on Eredivisie leaders Ajax after a last-gasp winner at the Galgenwaard stadium on Sunday.

Yassine Ayoub was the goal hero for the home side, firing home left footed from the edge of the box after Bart Ramselaar had laid the ball back as Ajax lost for the first time since the start of October in the league.

The good news for the Amsterdam giants is that none of their rivals in the top six could take full advantage of their 1-0 defeat, with PSV Eindhoven drawing on Saturday and Feyenoord, Heracles, Groningen and Vitesse all dropping points on Sunday.

Groningen and Feyenoord shared a 1-1 draw, with Michael De Leeuw giving the hosts a 26th-minute lead only for Feyenoord's leading scorer Dirk Kuyt to draw the teams level six minutes into the second half.

Feyenoord's hopes of pushing on for victory after that suffered an immediate setback when Jan-Arie Van der Heijden was sent off, and Giovanni van Bronckhorst's men had to settle for a point which lifts them into sole ownership of second place - two points behind Ajax.

Meanwhile, stuttering Heracles also played out a 1-1 draw to split the points with Vitesse.

Heracles went ahead in the 66th minute through Oussama Tannane but Vitesse were level within 10 minutes thanks to Milot Rashica.

In Sunday's other match, PEC Zwolle climbed into the top seven with a 2-1 home win over AZ Alkmaar.

Queensy Menig and Kingsley Ehizibue both scored in the final eight minutes of the first half to put Zwolle in control and AZ could only respond through Muamer Tankovic's last-minute strike as they slumped to a third successive loss.