PSV take title in Netherlands as Feyenoord fail to win
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April 5 : PSV Eindhoven were crowned Dutch champions on Sunday when their nearest challengers, Feyenoord, failed to win at Volendam.
The goalless draw left PSV, who had won 4-3 at home to Utrecht on Saturday, with an unassailable lead with five matches left in this season's Eredivisie.
PSV advanced to 71 points from 29 games on Saturday, meaning Feyenoord had to win to keep alive their slim hopes, but the draw at Volendam left them with 54 points – 17 points adrift.
PSV's triumph set off immediate celebrations in the streets of Eindhoven, where fans had been waiting in expectation of Feyenoord's failure to win.
It was a third successive league triumph for PSV, who have now won 27 league titles, bettered only by Ajax Amsterdam's 36.
(Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Christian Radnedge)
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