A round-up of how all the Dutch stars playing in Europe’s biggest leagues fared over the weekend. 

German Bundesliga

Arjen Robben was in dazzling form for Bayern Munich on Saturday as they beat rivals Borussia Dortmund 4-1. The winger was a constant threat throughout the game and netted his side’s third goal with a trademark cut in from the right and drive into the net.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar came off the bench with five minutes to go as Schalke hammered Andries Jonker’s Wolfsburg 4-1. Riechedly Bazoer completed his first 90 minutes for Wolfsburg but couldn’t prevent the heavy defeat.

Right-back Paul Verhaegh played the full ninety minutes but couldn’t stop Augsburg from losing 2-0 at Hertha Berlin.

English Premier League

Jordy Clasie was handed a rare start for Southampton on Saturday for their tie with West Brom and the midfielder rifled in the only goal of the game from the edge of the box.

Vincent Janssen started for Tottenham in their Saturday lunchtime tie with Watford. The striker was hardly involved in the action, missed an open goal and was substituted on the hour mark as Spurs ran out 4-0 winners. Daryl Janmaat played the full game but had a torrid time up against Son Heung-Min.

Swansea City lost 1-0 at West Ham with Leroy Fer playing the full game and Luciano Narsingh appearing from the bench in the second half. Narsingh came close to an equaliser but shot over the bar from inside the box.

Georginio Wijnaldum provided the assist for Liverpool’s winning goal as they came from behind to beat Stoke City 2-1. Bruno Martins-Indi and Erik Pieters featured for the Potters.

Ronald Koeman’s Everton overcame Leicester City 4-2 in an entertaining game on Sunday. Maarten Stekelenburg was an unused substitute.

Daley Blind appeared from the bench late on as Manchester United beat Sunderland 3-0. Timothy Fosu-Mensah was an unused substitute.

Marten de Roon was an unused substitute as Middlesbrough drew 0-0 with Burnley.

Portuguese Liga NOS

Bas Dost scored a terrific hat-trick as Sporting Lisbon easily beat Boavista 4-0. Marvin Zeegelar also impressed for Sporting while Luc Castaignos remained on the bench.

French Ligue 1

Memphis Depay provided the assist as Lyon took the lead in their clash with Lorient on Saturday. However, everything then went wrong for Lyon as they ended up losing 4-1.

Anwar El Ghazi and Ricardo Kishna both appeared from the bench on Friday but couldn’t prevent Lille losing 2-1 at Nice.

Italian Serie A

Kevin Strootman helped Roma to a 3-0 win at Bologna. The midfielder played the full ninety minutes.

Wesley Hoedt appeared from the bench on 62 minutes as Lazio went down 3-0 at home to Napoli.

Timo Letschert and Hans Hateboer both remained on the bench as Atalanta drew 1-1 with Sassuolo.

Jonathan de Guzman appeared from the bench with 25 minutes to go as Chievo lost 2-0 at Juventus.

Turkish Super Lig

Jeremain Lens grabbed a goal and Robin van Persie got an assist as Dick Advocaat’s Fenerbahce beat Akhisarspor 3-1. Gregory van der Wiel also played the full game.

Galatasaray were hammered 4-0 by Istanbul Basaksehir on Monday. Wesley Sneijder appeared from the bench with twenty minutes to go while Nigel de Jong was an unused substitute.

Ryan Babel played the full game as Besiktas beat Trabzonspor 4-3 on Friday. The winger took four shots during the game but couldn’t get his name on the scoresheet.

Adam Maher played 62 minutes as Osmanlispor hammered Kayserispor 4-1.

Russian Premier League

Quincy Promes scored a penalty and assisted as Spartak Moscow won 3-1 at FC Ufa.

Spanish La Liga

Jasper Cillessen was an unused substitute in Barcelona’s 2-0 loss at Malaga.

Belgian Jupiler League

Ricardo van Rhijn, Stefano Denswil, Lex Immers and Ruud Vormer all started for Club Brugge but they could only draw 1-1 with Sporting Charleroi. Immers was substituted on 76 minutes.

Albert Stuivenberg’s Genk left it late to beat SV Roeselare 1-0 on Saturday with Jean-Paul Boetius playing 63 minutes.

Robert Muhren played 57 minutes of Zulte Waregem’s 1-1 draw at KV Oostende.

Bram Nuytinck was an unused substitute as Anderlecht drew 0-0 with Gent.

English Championship

Jaap Stam’s Reading were embarrassingly hammered 7-1 by Norwich City on Saturday. Mitchell Dijks played the full game for Norwich, while Danzell Gravenberch appeared from the bench for Reading late on. Yanick Wildschut was an unused sub.

Michael Mancienne came off the bench to help Nottingham Forest beat Huddersfield 2-0. Rajiv van la Parra had a poor game for the Terriors and was substituted early in the second half.

Vurnon Anita and Glenn Loovens both featured as Sheffield Wednesday stunned league leaders Newcastle United 2-1.

Maikel Kieftenbeld stayed on the bench as Birmingham City lost 2-1 at home to Derby County.

Marvin Emnes played 65 minutes as Blackburn Rovers lost 2-0 to Barnsley.

Florian Jozefzoon made little impact after coming on from the bench as Brentford lost 2-1 at Cardiff City.




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