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PSV downs Roda 4 1 in the Dutch First Division soccer league action

PSV Eindhoven got four late goals Sunday to capture a 4-1 victory over Roda JC in the Dutch First Division soccer action.

Davy de Fauw gave Roda the lead in the fourth minute, but PSV substitute Jefferson Farfan tied the score in the 75th.

Two minutes later, Farfan set up Brazilian defender Alex for PSV's second goal, and substitutes Ismail Aissati and Roy Beerens added goals in injury time to stretch PSV's unbeaten home record to 29 games.

PSV is third overall with 16 points, two behind league-leader Ajax and one away from AZ Alkmaar. Both Ajax and AZ won Saturday _ Ajax beat FC Groningen 3-2 and AZ blanked Sparta Rotterdam 2-0.

Feyenoord, struggling in seventh place with 11 points, tied 2-2 with RKC Waalwijk. Ali Boussaboun and Theo Lucius for Feyenoord, while Martijn Reuser and Patrick van Diemen scored for RKC.

Also, Heracles Almelo beat SC Heerenveen 1-0 and FC Utrecht edged Excelsior Rotterdam 1-0.

Ramos da Silva Everton scored a 34th-minute penalty for Heracles Almelo, while Cederic van der Gun scored a first-half goal for FC Utrecht.

In other games, it was: ADO The Hague 1, FC Twente 2; NAC Breda 0, NEC Nijmegen 2; and Vitesse Arnhem 1, Willem II 0.


© The Canadian Press, 2007

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