Unbeaten Ajax tops Roda to take over first

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11/04/2007 - Amsterdam, Netherlands (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Luis Suarez, Albert Luque and Dennis Rommedahl scored as Ajax defeated Roda, 4-2, on Sunday to move into first place in the Dutch Eredivisie.

Ajax (7-0-3) took advantage of PSV's loss on Saturday under interim boss Jan Wouters to move one point ahead of the defending champions. Feyenoord, which also won Sunday, is tied with Ajax but is second based on goal differential.

Ajax took the lead in the 22nd minute when Huntelaar scored his league-leading 11th goal on a header. Huntelaar's goal was off a cross from George Ogararu.

Roda (4-3-3), which is eighth, pulled even in the 39th minute when Marcel De Jong's corner was directed into the net by Roland Lamah.

Ajax didn't waste any time regaining the lead when Suarez scored off a header in the 42nd minute.

Then just minutes into the second half, Luque scored to push Ajax's advantage to 3-1.

Roda made the game interesting again in the 76th minute when Anouar Hadouir scored off Sekou Cisse's cross.

Ajax had a chance to put the match away in the 80th minute, but Huntelaar missed a penalty kick.

The lead remained at one goal until the closing minutes when Rommedahl took all the suspense out of the match in extra time with his second goal of the season.

Also on Sunday, Jonathan De Guzman and Roy Makaay scored as Feyenoord rolled to a 2-0 win over Graafschap, Romano Denneboom, Blaise N'Kufo and Orlando Engelaar scored in Twente's 3-0 win over Heracles, Matthew Amoah scored to lift NAC to a 1-0 win over Utrecht, and Groningen and Vitesse tied 0-0.

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