Eredivisie roundup: Goalkeeper scores brace as AZ win five-goal thriller

[h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/groningen/MBUGcjb9/"]FC Groningen[/a] - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/twente/dhOKTHGA/"]FC Twente[/a]: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/groningen-MBUGcjb9/twente-dhOKTHGA/?mid=nHJfzC2N"]2-2[/a][/h2][p]FC Groningen and FC Twente kept each other in check in an entertaining affair up North, which ended in a 2-2 draw.[/p][p]Groningen standout goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vaessen-etienne/rNBeXDEh/"]Etienne Vaessen[/a] committed a rare mistake early on, giving Twente's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pjaca-marko/UgMPrQq6/"]Marko Pjaca[/a] the chance to give his side the lead six minutes into the game. The lead did not last long, though, with in-form [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-bergen-thom/QiLuuuV1/"]Thom van Bergen[/a] putting Groningen back alongside the visitors and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/land-tygo/G04iapcs/"]Tygo Land[/a] giving them the lead after 29 minutes.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/taha-el-idrissi-younes/zPo5LyPG/"]Younes Taha[/a], a fan favourite while on loan at Groningen last season, hurt his former team by delivering a lethal cross into the box, where [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/weghorst-wout/tpWMDFoL/"]Wout Weghorst[/a] stood to eagerly tap it in and put the final score on the board in the Euroborg, where the two exchanged chances but could not find the net again.[/p][embed guid="3f453f0e-1e50-4f08-a311-0921d0a915c6" url="https://x.com/ESPNnl/status/2096579165050843584?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/telstar/Aw0qTPat/"]Telstar[/a] - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/cambuur/QRyYgO7J/"]Cambuur[/a]: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/cambuur-QRyYgO7J/telstar-Aw0qTPat/?mid=AgcChgIi"]2-2[/a][/h2][p]Telstar rescued a point in the most bizarre way possible, with goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/koeman-ronald/nipXvHLD/"]Ronald Koeman Jr.[/a] bagging a brace, which included an injury-time equaliser, to keep Cambuur at bay in Velsen-Zuid.[/p][p]Telstar were let down by = Nokkvi Thorisson early, with the Icelandic striker controversially getting sent off after 22 minutes for a high challenge on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-duijl-billy/tSNeb5uM/"]Billy van Duijl[/a]. The ten men of Telstar stopped Cambuur before the break, but their defences broke soon after when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/el-arguioui-rafik/GMcJm0Km/"]Rafik El Arguioui[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/binder-nicolas/nNtwhKYp/"]Nicolas Binder[/a] put Cambuur up two inside the first 15 minutes of the second half.[/p][p]The tide turned when Van Duijl committed a foul in his own box, giving Telstar a rare opportunity to get on the scoreboard. None other than goalkeeper Ronald Koeman Jr., who also scored a relegation-saving penalty in Telstar's final Eredivisie game of last season against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fc-volendam/6VbkuOqa/"]FC Volendam[/a], stepped up and found the bottom corner to put Telstar back in contention.[/p][p][b]ALSO READ: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/soccer-eredivisie-goalkeeper-scores-twice-including-101st-minute-equaliser-to-save-draw-for-10-man-telstar/veyuYBlU/"]Goalkeeper scores twice, including 101st-minute equaliser to save draw for 10-man Telstar[/a][/b][/p][p]A hectic finale saw 8 minutes of injury time being added on, and Cambuur give away not one, but two penalties - Joey Kooij overturned an earlier foul by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bouhoudane-sami/vy7b7EBN/"]Sami Bouhoudane[/a] during a corner, but gave a penalty for handball as added time expired. Koeman stepped up once more and found the same corner to rescue the unlikeliest point as the unlikeliest scorer.[/p][embed guid="de49a5e5-e66d-44d1-8f72-e645bc84166c" url="https://x.com/ESPNnl/status/2096610420106649845?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/heerenveen/EDjXSyWG/"]Heerenveen[/a] - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/az-alkmaar/2RxOow1i/"]AZ[/a]: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/az-alkmaar-2RxOow1i/heerenveen-EDjXSyWG/?mid=rm5QUkQp"]2-3[/a][/h2][p]AZ fought their way back from 2-1 down to beat Heerenveen 3-2 on the back of some brilliant goals.[/p][p]Red-hot [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/daal-ro-zangelo/b975TKAK/"]Ro-Zangelo Daal[/a] gave AZ the lead with a fabulous goal in the 7th minute, but saw his team go down less than 20 minutes later when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/courtens-nolhan/tQx2JTWm/"]Nolhan Courtens[/a] prodded home from a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vente-dylan/OAtrWQB0/"]Dylan Vente[/a] cross, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/meerveld-ringo/0n0O3qFt/"]Ringo Meerveld[/a]'s attempt was deflected past [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/de-busser-jari/WUMz0fU1/"]Jari De Busser[/a].[/p][embed guid="d3c85488-3b0e-4b8c-a52c-2426614af4ae" url="https://x.com/ESPNnl/status/2096600629523235199?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Eredivisie leaders AZ came out storming in the second half and clawed their way back via [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/meerdink-mexx/OjqNXAED/"]Mexx Meerdink[/a], who beautifully and fiercely fired a rocket past [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/klaverboer-bernt/byxyKt8g/"]Bernt Klaverboer[/a] after an hour's play. Youngster [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/oufkir-ayoub/zez4qJxc/"]Ayoub Oufkir[/a] completed AZ's comeback 40 seconds into his cameo, escaping on the counter and chipping it over Klaverboer to put a pretty exclamation mark on a likewise match.[/p][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hirsch-jose/4l6z8oC7/"]ADO Den Haag[/a] - [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/sittard/YH8HX5iP/"]Fortuna Sittard[/a]: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/den-haag-lAgLCkT3/sittard-YH8HX5iP/?mid=IJ0KjXn4"]2-3[/a][/h2][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ihattaren-mohammed/0Untt3pf/"]Mohammed Ihattaren[/a] stole the show in The Hague, where he handed Fortuna Sittard the win with two goals and an assist in their 3-2 victory over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/den-haag/lAgLCkT3/"]ADO Den Haag[/a].[/p][embed guid="87e6f56b-4328-4374-98ef-b6cced2e8042" url="https://x.com/ESPNnl/status/2096632385387274740?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Ihattaren opened the scoring with a deflected effort before setting [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zeefuik-lequincio/WQeHBigL/"]Lequincio Zeefuik[/a] up for the 2-1 with a sailing cross. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/eduardo-yannick/88nMSUaP/"]Yannick Eduardo[/a] got ADO back within one with a miraculous goal, bouncing it in over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/branderhorst-mattijs/Wnegm6vS/"]Matthijs Branderhorst[/a]'s head. Ihattaren effectively ended ADO's hopes with a stunner, launching the ball into Niekiema's top corner.[/p][p]An injury-time goal from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bal-jesse/djnAg23N/"]Jesse Bal[/a] was all ADO mustered in the closing stages, leaving them without a win after five rounds.[/p][infobox id="7e3b12a0-8b09-4d80-a9ed-f734b143168f" /]