AMSTERDAM , Holland -- Ajax lost ground on Dutch league leaders PSV Eindhoven after being held to a 2-2 draw at Vitesse Arnhem on Sunday . Ajax 's Leonardo , front in blue , duels for the ball with Sebastien Sansoni and Abubakari Yakubu of Vitesse . The Amsterdam side led 2-1 with two goals in four minutes just after half-time from Urby Emanuelson and Luis Suarez following Mads Junker 's early opener , but Harrie Gommans rescued a draw . Ajax are now five points adrift of PSV , who beat Excelsior 2-1 on Saturday , with Heerenveen , Feyenoord and Groningen just one point further back . Feyenoord were held 1-1 at home by Groningen on Sunday , with Marcus Berg putting the visitors on course for a 13th win of the season until an own goal by Mark-Jan Fledderus on the stroke of half-time gave the Rotterdam side a point . At the other end of the table , Heracles registered their first away win of the season with a 5-0 thumping of fellow strugglers Venlo . Relegation-threatened Sparta Rotterdam and NEC Nijmegen both picked up vital victories . Sparta won 2-1 at sixth-placed Twente Enschede as goals from Yuri Rose and Charles Dissels on 28 and 51 minutes kept the visitors above of second-bottom Nijmegen on goal difference . NEC won 2-0 at home to ninth-placed Utrecht , the club 's first victory since early November , as Jhonny van Beukering and Brett Holman netted in the second half . E-mail to a friend .
Second-placed Ajax held 2-2 at home by Vitesse Arnhem in Dutch Eredivisie . The Netherlands are top of Group E with six points from four games and will play either Belgium or Germany on Tuesday to decide who finishes second behind Spain in the group. PSV defeated Excelsior 2-0 on Saturday to open up six-point gap at top .