FEYENOORD MARCH ON

Both sides were fully committed to the cause and it made for a tense match, with neither side able to make a breakthrough in the first half.

The pattern continued after the break and it appeared that the points looked set to be shared until the Rotterdam side made a double breakthrough in the final 20 minutes.

Bonaventure Kalou notched the vital opening goal on 72 minutes and, as the visitors pressed for an equaliser, Paul Bosvelt (pictured) made the game safe with a strike shortly afterwards.

Utrecht leapfrogged above RKC Waalwijk into seventh place, with a 2-1 home win at the Nieuw Galgewaard.

Goals either side of half-time, courtesy of strikes by Patrick Zwaanswijk and Dirk Kuyt on 12 and 46 minutes respectively sealed the points, but a late goal by Arjan Human made for a tense finish.

In Wednesday`s other game, Willem II defeated NEC Nijmegen 2-0. Mariano Bombarda and Dmitri Shoukov were the men on target for the home side.