Eredivisie round-up: Venlo still enjoying life in Eredivisie with second successive win

Eredivisie newcomers Venlo maintained their perfect start to the campaign with a 2-1 win at FC Twente.

Vito van Crooij put the visitors in front after 23 minutes with an angled drive into the top corner and defender Jerold Promes knocked in a second following a corner shortly before half-time.

Although Tom Boere pulled a goal back for Twente on the hour with a powerful header, Maurice Steijn's men closed out victory to make it two wins out of two for last season's Eerste Divisie champions.

AZ Alkmaar shook off last weekend's defeat to PSV Eindhoven with a 2-0 win over 10-man Den Haag, who had defender Wilfried Kanon sent off after just 28 minutes following two early cautions.

Kanon was shown a red for a pull back on Ron Vlaar, which resulted in a penalty and Wout Weghorst promptly gave AZ the lead.

Teenage midfielder Guus Til ended the match as a contest with 20 minutes left when he headed in from a corner.

At the Abe Lenstra Stadion, Nemanja Mihajlovic netted a stoppage-time equaliser to earn Heerenveen a 1-1 draw against Heracles Almelo.

The visitors looked like to be heading for a second consecutive Eredivisie win after defender Robin Propper had put them ahead from a corner in added time at the end of the first half.

However, with the 90 minutes up, Mihajlovic nodded into the bottom corner as Heerenveen retained their unbeaten start and left Heracles two points off the top.