Ajax take control in Netherlands after loss for PSV

 　　THE HAGUE, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Ajax captured the top spot in the Dutch Eredivisie on Sunday by beating PEC Zwolle 3-0, while former league leaders PSV lost 2-1 to sc Heerenveen on Saturday.

　　Reigning¹ champions Ajax had an easy afternoon in Amsterdam on Sunday. Kolbeinn Sigthorsson and Siem de Jong gave the home team a 2-0 lead at half-time and substitute Derk Boerrigter produced the third.

　　"Our play looked good yet again," said Ajax coach Frank de Boer at the post-match press conference. "We dominated all our opponents in recent weeks, and now we got the three points as well."

　　PSV had a disastrous² evening on Saturday at Heerenveen. The Eindhoven based side came behind 2-0 due to goals from Marten de Roon and Yassine El Ghanassy. Only substitute Ola Toivonen was able to do something back, which led to already the seventh defeat of the season for PSV.

　　"Very, very disappointing," said PSV coach Dick Advocaat after the match. "They put us under pressure in the first half. We kept trying to build from defense³, but in this kind of situations you just have to use the long ball, incredible and inexplicable⁴. In the second half we dominated, but it was too late."

　　Beside Ajax the second team to profit from PSV's misstep was Feyenoord who beat Roda JC 1-0 in Kerkrade on Sunday. Graziano Pelle handed PSV the victory with his 20th goal of the season.

　　Ajax now lead the standings with 54 points from 26 matches, one point ahead of PSV and Feyenoord. Vitesse remained at the fourth place, three points behind Ajax, after beating FC Twente 1-0 in Enschede on Sunday. Eredivisie topscorer Wilfried Bony produced his 24th goal.

　　FC Utrecht profited from Twente's loss and took over the fifth place by defeating RKC Waalwijk 1-0 on Sunday. Jacob Mulenga scored the only goal in the 78th minute.

1 reigning   

adj.统治的，起支配作用的

参考例句：

• The sky was dark, stars were twinkling high above, night was reigning, and everything was sunk in silken silence. 天很黑，星很繁，夜阑人静。
• Led by Huang Chao, they brought down the reigning house after 300 years' rule. 在黄巢的带领下，他们推翻了统治了三百年的王朝。

2 disastrous   

adj.灾难性的，造成灾害的；极坏的，很糟的

参考例句：

• The heavy rainstorm caused a disastrous flood.暴雨成灾。
• Her investment had disastrous consequences.She lost everything she owned.她的投资结果很惨，血本无归。

3 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

4 inexplicable   

adj.无法解释的，难理解的

参考例句：

• It is now inexplicable how that development was misinterpreted.当时对这一事态发展的错误理解究竟是怎么产生的，现在已经无法说清楚了。
• There are many things which are inexplicable by science.有很多事科学还无法解释。