Ajax remain third in the table after their 2-1 victory at Roda JC.
Luis Suarez gave Ajax the lead just two minutes in against the relegation strugglers, and the visitors were clearly superior throughout.
Ismail Aissati then made it 2-0 in the 66th minute and, while Sekou Cisse made it 2-1 shortly afterwards, Ajax continued to dominate and were deserved winners.
After the game, Ajax boss Marco van Basten said: “We are within a point of FC Twente. That is good.
“It was an exciting game until the last minute. We didn’t take a lot of our chances – our finishing was careless.
“It is good that we made so many opportunities, of course. I was pleased with that.”
FC Volendam came from a goal behind to beat Feyenoord 2-1 at the Veronica Stadion.
Former Bayern Munich star Roy Makaay, 34, put Feyenoord ahead just 10 minutes in, but Dominique van Dijk equalised in the 56th minute before delivering the winner six minutes from time.
Willem II ran out 2-0 winners in their derby game against nine-man NAC Breda.
The visitors were struggling from the 26th minute as Donny Gorter was shown a straight red card when he brought down Said Boutahar in the area, but Ergan Swenkals missed the spot-kick.
Their task then became almost impossible as Sergio Ziljer got the opening goal of the game on the hour from a rebound before, five minutes later, Tim Gilissen was shown his second yellow card.
Willem II took full advantage as Sweden striker George Mourad made it 2-0 in the 85th minute.
In Sunday’s other game, Vitesse Arnhem played out a 0-0 draw with rock-bottom De Graafschap.