Heerenveen, Netherlands (My Sportsbook) - Ajax closed to within five points of PSV Eindhoven on Saturday as Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored twice in a 4-2 Ajax win over third-place Heerenveen.

With just three games remaining, Ajax kept itself in the title race by earning all three points while PSV took a step back by drawing 0-0 at NEC.

Luis Suarez scored the only goal of the first half as he gave Ajax a one-goal lead right before the break. However, the game opened up in the second half as Kenneth Perez converted from the penalty spot 10 minutes after the restart to put the visitors ahead 2-0.

Miralem Sulejmani answered five minutes later for the hosts, but Huntelaar took over and scored his 29th and 30th goals of the season to put the result away.

Danijel Pranjic scored in the final minutes to pull a goal back for Heerenveen, but they remain level on 54 points with Feyenoord and NAC, who will meet on Sunday.

In a matchup of the bottom two teams in the Eredivisie, last-place Excelsior beat Venlo 2-1 as Aykut Demir and Robert Braber scored goals in the final 12 minutes.

Heracles and Roda finished 0-0 in Saturday's other contest.