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Eredivisie

Aug 17, 2014 at 11.30am UK

AZ AZ Alkmaar
1-3
Ajax

Berghuis (50')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Klaassen (15'), Schone (70'), El-Ghazi (90')

Match Report

Football

Ajax earn win at AZ

By Jack Prescott, Rugby Editor | 17 August 2014

Defending Eredivisie champions Ajax record their second win of the season with a 3-1 victory away to AZ.

Defending champions Ajax have made it two wins from two matches in the Eredivisie this season with a 3-1 victory at AZ.

The visitors took the lead on 15 minutes when Davy Klaassen showed plenty of composure inside the penalty area to slot the ball into the bottom corner.

Ajax Amsterdam's Dutch forward Ricardo Kishna vies for the ball with AZ Alkmaar's Swedish defender Mattias Johansson during the Dutch Eredivisie football match between Ajax Amsterdam and AZ Alkmaar in Alkmaar, Netherlands, on August 17, 2014 © Getty Images

AZ failed to find the net during the remainder of the opening half, but they drew level soon after the interval as Steven Berghuis took a touch before firing low past Jasper Cillessen.

However, Ajax regained their advantage with 20 minutes left to play through Lasse Schone, who scored his third goal of the season with a powerful strike from the edge of the box.

Frank de Boer's side then made sure of the win in stoppage time thanks to substitute Anwar El-Ghazi's shot into the top corner.