Ajax stayed two points behind Dutch league leader PSV Eindhoven after a being held to a 2-2 tie by RKC Waalwijk.Ajax could have moved even with 19-time champion PSV with a win. The defending champions lost at NEC Nijmegen 2-1 Saturday.
Gabri scored off Wesley Sneijder’s ninth-minute pass to put Ajax in the lead, but Jan Vertonghen tied the score a minute later with a powerful header.
Ajax again took the lead in the 21st when Sneijder beat RKC goalkeeper Erwin Lemmens. Ruud Berger scored the final goal for RKC in the 71st.
PSV still leads the standings with 68 points, followed by Ajax and AZ Alkmaar with 66. AZ defeated NAC Breda 4-1.
