Tukkers defeat Willem II

Following the PSG UEFA Cup match, in which Steve McClaren prioritized league play and left out Eljero Elia, Blaise N'Kufo and Kenneth Perez, the "Tukkers" came out primed and ready for Willem II. The strategy worked to perfection as Twente won comfortably 2-0 and maintain pace on first place AZ and are two points behind Ajax in second. While both Kenneth Perez and Blaise N'Kufo came close to opening the scoring early, Twente finally broke through eleven minutes before the break as Douglas Franco headed a Perez free-kick against the crossbar and then slammed the rebound of his own effort into the net. While only holding a one goal lead the match was decidedly one sided in Twente's favour but they finally doubled the margin at the sixty-eighth minute as Blaise N'Kufo headed a perfect cross by Kenneth Perez into the netting. Down by Willem II did not respond with an attacking threat and the match concluded with a perfect victory.