Goals from Holland, Belgium, Turkey, Greece and Cyprus

Holland

Groningen 1—Ajax 0 (Eredivisie, Jan. 25, 2009) Ajax lost ground on leaders AZ, Danny Holla beating Maarten Stekelenburg with a low shot from 20 yards in the 39th minute.

Heracles 1—FC Twente 2 (Eredivisie, Jan. 25, 2009) Steve McClaren’s FC Twente moved to within a point of Ajax. Kenneth Perez and Marko Arnautovic put Twente ahead, and Heracles could only manage a late consolation through Ricky van den Bergh.

Volendam 0—Den Haag 1 (Eredivisie, Jan. 25, 2009) Bottom-of-the-table Volendam suffered a third straight loss as Danny Buys struck the only goal of the game for Den Haag.

Utrecht 3—Sparta 3 (Eredivisie, Jan. 25, 2009) Kevin Strootman put Sparta ahead on seven minutes, but the home side turned the game on its head through Michael Silberbauer and Cedric van der Gun. Sparta restored parity via Joey Godee and then Loic Loval made it 3-2 before Rydell Poepon ensured both teams had to settle for a point.

Feyenoord 1—Willem II 1 (Eredivisie, Jan. 24, 2009) Willem II looked to have earned a valuable away win at Feyenoord thanks to a 51st minute Jens Janse goal. But Andwele Slory rescued a point for the home team with an equaliser right at the death.

Heerenveen 2—Roda 0 (Eredivisie, Jan. 24, 2009) Heerenveen stay in fourth after recording their third league win on the bounce courtesy of a 40th-minute opener by Roy Beerens and Danijel Pranjic’s 54th-minute penalty.

Belgium

Westerlo 0—Standard Liege 1 (Jupiler League, Jan. 25, 2009) Standard moved two points clear at the top thanks to De Camargo’s goal with just six minutes from time.

Turkey

Fenerbahce 0—Trabzonspor 0 (Super Lig, Jan. 25, 2009) Fener missed out on their chance to return to the top of the table.

Greece

AEK Athens 3—Panionios 0 (Greek Super League, Jan. 25, 2009) Goals from Blanco and Edinho in the first half, and Scocco after the break gave AEK the points.

Asteras Tripolis 2—Levadiakos 0 (Greek Super League, Jan. 25, 2009) Filomeno scored after the half-hour mark and then on the hour itself to seal victory for the hosts.

Thrasyvoulos 1—Xanthi Skoda 1 (Greek Super League, Jan. 25, 2009) Martorell’s opener was cancelled out by Poy.

Panthrakikos 1—Iraklis 0 (Greek Super League, Jan. 25, 2009) Riera’s fourth minute goal settled the match.

Larisa 1—Panserraikos 1 (Greek Super League, Jan. 25, 2009) Larisa looked to have the game sown up after Zurawski’s 18th-minute strike, but a last-gasp equaliser from Konstantinidis made it a point apiece.

Cyprus

Apollon 7—Alki 1 (Cypriot First Division, Jan. 25, 2009)