Enschede, Netherlands –  Luuk de Jong's hat trick propelled 1 win over Groningen on Sunday, moving the club past third- place AZ Alkmaar on goal difference.

AZ's surprising 2-0 defeat to Roda on Saturday opened the door for Twente, and De Jong took full advantage by scoring twice in the opening 23 minutes, and then adding a third goal in the second half after Groningen's Virgil van Dijk pulled his side to within a goal.

Leroy Fer put the result out of reach with a goal of his own in the 67th for Twente, which moves to within two points of leaders PSV Eindhoven at the top of the league.

Defending champions Ajax fell further off the pace after a 4-2 defeat to Feyenoord that saw John Guidetti tally three goals for the winning side.

Christian Eriksen put Ajax in front after 18 minutes, but Guidetti scored two times before the interval to put Feyenoord in front.

Otman Bakkal stretched the lead to 3-1 before a goal from Dmitry Bulykin 10 minutes from time set up a potentially interesting finish for Ajax.

But any hope was snuffed out three minutes later by Guidetti, who netted his third goal of the contest to seal the win, which moves Feyenoord level on 34 points with Ajax.

In Sunday's other matches RKC Waalwijk secured a 4-0 win over Venlo to move eight points clear of the drop zone, while Lasse Schone scored twice in the opening 20 minutes of a 2-0 win for NEC against Den Haag.