Guus Til scored twice as in-form AZ Alkmaar recorded a fourth successive Eredivisie win by comfortably beating bottom club NAC Breda 3-0.
Holland international Til tapped home in the 33rd minute to put the fourth-placed visitors ahead at Rat Verlegh Stadion.
Relegation-threatened NAC, who were once again without injured nine-goal top scorer Mitchell Te Vrede, offered little in response as they went in search of just a fifth league win of the campaign.
Midfielder Til doubled the advantage by firing home his sixth goal of the season nine minutes into the second period.
And AZ substitute Albert Gudmundsson completed the scoring in the final minute to cap a convincing win and close the gap on third-placed Feyenoord to two points.
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