PSV Eindhoven successfully defended their Eredivisie league title by beating PEC Zwolle 3-1 on Sunday as Ajax could only manage a 1-1 draw at second-last De Graafschap.

It was the second successive Eredivisie title for Phillip Cocu’s PSV and the 23rd in the Eindhoven club’s history.

Ajax went into the final day of the season ahead of PSV on goal difference and only needed to beat De Graafschap to seal their 34th Dutch league title.

Amin Younes gave Ajax the lead in the 16th minute, but Bryan Smeets levelled the scores 10 minutes after the break and Ajax could not break through for a winning goal in the remainder of the second half.

In Zwolle, Jürgen Locadia opened the scoring and PSV’s captain, Luuk de Jong, scored twice.