Toothless Feyenoord lose to FC Twente to extend PSV's Eredivisie lead

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/feyenoord/8zjySeoN/"]Feyenoord[/a] had a golden opportunity to take an even bigger lead over rivals [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ajax/8UOvIwnb/"]Ajax[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nijmegen/nRluRF0T/"]NEC[/a], who both dropped points earlier in the weekend, with a win giving Robin van Persie's team a 7-point lead over third-placed Ajax.[/p][p]The first chance was for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/twente/dhOKTHGA/"]FC Twente[/a]'s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lammers-sam/lOMS3gGk/"]Sam Lammers[/a], but it were Feyenoord who really threatened to open the scoring via [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/moussa-anis-hadj/0vqEKboE/"]Anis Hadj Moussa[/a], who hit the post early.[/p][p]Despite the early opportunity, Feyenoord dropped back and let FC Twente dictate the pace of the game. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rots-daan/SvMhWs2d/"]Daan Rots[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/holmlund-orjasaete-sondre/zBAQmrhA/"]Sondre Orjasaeter[/a] further tested [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wellenreuther-timon/0tN8bFmr/"]Timon Wellenreuther[/a], but could not beat the German stopper yet.[/p][p]Van Persie was forced to two early changes due to injuries - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nieuwkoop-bart/pnEtfT2R/"]Bart Nieuwkoop[/a] replaced [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/smal-gijs/MaJpEDJl/"]Gijs Smal[/a] in the 32nd minute, but was taken off himself seven minutes later after a collision with Orjaesetter, bringing on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mvula-lotomba-jordan/txppGQ0F/"]Jordan Lotomba[/a].[/p][embed guid="e98ca496-bbf2-4540-92b5-d488f12658d3" url="https://x.com/ESPNnl/status/2028126230277406968?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]Polish midfielder [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/moder-jakub/zXbwZsIR/"]Jakub Moder[/a] nearly opened the scoring for Feyenoord in the 41st minute, but it was [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hlynsson-kristian/UkldIdo0/"]Kristian Hlynsson[/a] who broke the deadlock in the first minute of added time with some help from Wellenreuther, who misjudged a shot from the Icelandic midfielder and saw it bounce off him and into the goal.[/b][/p][p]With only Jordan Lotomba firing a shot at [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/unnerstall-lars/zFtmVMbH/"]Lars Unnerstall[/a] in the first fifteen minutes of the second half, Van Persie shook things with three changes, including [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sterling-raheem/pfm9avwi/"]Raheem Sterling[/a].[/p][p][b]The additions didn't bring the desired swing of play and Twente even doubled their lead in the 71st minute through Orjasaeter, who outplayed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/deijl-mats/KhS6SWGd/"]Mats Deijl[/a] and fired the ball in the top corner for the 2-0 and his first Eredivisie goal.[/b][/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="7aee963b-39a7-4aee-9860-9364d779e9ca" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="aad3e873-54e3-4b76-b0ac-8a8565b8b4e4" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /][p]Feyenoord created just the one chance in the second half and had to make do with a 2-0 loss in Enschede, meaning the Rotterdam giants did not take advantage of Ajax and NEC's missteps earlier in the weekend.[/p][p]Meanwhile, Twente temporarily leaped over AZ in the table and near NEC and Ajax to just two and three points in fifth place.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/feyenoord-8zjySeoN/twente-dhOKTHGA/?mid=nwMSj7jf"]Check out all the match statistics on Flashscore[/a][/b][/p]