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Ajax remained nine points behind Eredivisie leaders PSV Eindhoven after losing at mid-table Vitesse.
PSV extended their lead on Saturday as goals from Jurgen Locadia and Memphis Depay in the final six minutes give them a 2-1 win over Willem II.
Ajax failed to cut the gap as Vitesse's Uros Djurdjevic scored a fantastic goal, chesting the ball, flicking it past a defender and smashing home.
Frank de Boer has won the title in each of his four years as Ajax boss.
The Amsterdam side, who faced 25 shots - a record under De Boer in the league, have now lost three Eredivisie games this season, as many as they did in 2013-14.
Vitesse are up to 10th with the surprise victory.
Line-ups
Vitesse
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Room
- 40DiksBooked at 75mins
- 3Mori
- 23van der Heijden
- 35Achenteh
- 10Pröpper
- 8QazaishviliSubstituted forLeerdamat 83'minutes
- 7Vejinovic
- 30IbarraSubstituted forOliinykat 23'minutes
- 27TraoréSubstituted forDjurdjevicat 83'minutes
- 20Labyad
Substitutes
- 2Wallace
- 5Leerdam
- 6McEachran
- 9Djurdjevic
- 11Oliinyk
- 18Nakamba
- 22Velthuizen
Ajax
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Cillessen
- 2van Rhijn
- 6van der Hoorn
- 4Moisander
- 5Boilesen
- 10KlaassenBooked at 57mins
- 12RiedewaldSubstituted forBazoerat 70'minutes
- 16AndersenSubstituted forZimlingat 90+1'minutes
- 21El GhaziBooked at 90mins
- 19MilikBooked at 60minsSubstituted forZivkovicat 80'minutes
- 20Schöne
Substitutes
- 11Kishna
- 23Tete
- 24Onana
- 26Viergever
- 27Bazoer
- 30Zivkovic
- 32Zimling
- Referee:
- Pieter Vink
- Attendance:
- 20,384
Match Stats
Home TeamVitesseAway TeamAjax
- Possession
- Home62%
- Away38%
- Shots
- Home25
- Away9
- Shots on Target
- Home4
- Away2
- Corners
- Home12
- Away2
- Fouls
- Home17
- Away8
