TROY PARROTT PROVIDED the assist as AZ Alkmaar won 1-0 away to Telstar in the Dutch Eredivisie on Sunday afternoon.
The Irish striker nodded down to send Danish winger Isak Jensen clear for the decisive goal in the 78th minute.
The commentator on Premier Sports originally thought it was a handball — “You can’t assist like that, Troy,” he quipped — but confirmed it came off Parrott’s head after replays.
Troy Parrott with the assist 💥
AZ Alkmaar take the lead late on as the Irish striker flicks on for Isak Jensen to open the scoring against Telstar 🔴 pic.twitter.com/GdvC2YSAb6
This afternoon’s North Holland derby result keeps AZ fifth on 32 points — 21 points adrift of runaway leaders PSV — while Telstar are two points off bottom in 16th.
AZ recently changed manager: Maarten Martens was sacked following a poor run of form, with Leeroy Echteld promoted from the reserve team for the remainder of the season.
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Parrott continues his excellent individual season, having scored his 20th club goal last week, while the Dubliner also bagged five goals in two games for Ireland during the November World Cup qualifiers against Portugal and Hungary.
Heimir Hallgrímsson’s side return to action in March’s playoff semi-final away to Czechia.
Lamine Yamal, that is BRILLIANT! 😱😱
An outstanding, acrobatic finish to make it 3-0 to Barcelona 🔵🔴
Meanwhile, Juventus dealt a huge blow to Napoli‘s Serie A title defence with a 3-0 win in Turin which left the reigning champions nine points behind league leaders Inter Milan.
Jonathan David, Kenan Yildiz and Filip Kostic netted in Turin as Juve – revitalised under Luciano Spalletti – moved back into fifth spot with a statement win over their fierce rivals.
Juve are now fifth, one point behind third-placed Roma, who drew 1-1 with AC Milan in the late game on Sunday.
Evan Ferguson was an unused substitute for Roma, and has apparently fallen down the pecking order following the January arrivals of Donyell Malen – who started the game – and Robinho Vaz, to whom Roma turned to replace Malen in the second half.
Roma earned a draw thanks to Lorenzo Pellegrini’s second-half penalty, which also gave Inter a five-point lead over their local rivals Milan at the top of the league.
Roma looked set for another defeat in a big game in the 62nd minute when Koni De Winter headed home Luka Modric’s brilliant cross to give Milan the lead at the Stadio Olimpico.
The hosts had dominated the first half and were frustrated by Mike Maignan, who was again excellent in the Milan goal, so De Winter’s first Serie A goal felt like a sucker punch.
But Pellegrini was ice cold from the spot, after Davide Bartesaghi was penalised for handball, pushing his team into the top three after a first draw in the league this season.
Elsewhere, Barcelona reclaimed top spot in La Liga with a 3-0 win over Real Oviedo, thanks to goals from Dani Olmo, Raphinha and an acrobatic Lamine Yamal effort.
After Real Madrid beat Villarreal on Saturday to take pole position overnight, the Catalans edged a point ahead again.
Although Oviedo are bottom of the table with just two victories all season, Barca had to scrap for their victory as the visitors worked hard defensively to keep Hansi Flick’s team at bay until the second half.
Eventually the hosts’ quality told at the partially-reopened Camp Nou and after Olmo opened the scoring Barca never looked back.
In France, Brazilian teenager Endrick, on loan from Real Madrid, announced himself to Ligue 1 with a hat-trick as Lyon thrashed bottom club Metz 5-2 on Sunday.
The 19-year-old’s first league goals for the club helped fourth-placed Lyon extend their advantage over Lille, who were thumped 4-1 at home by Gary O’Neil’s Strasbourg, to four points.
Endrick put visitors Lyon ahead at the Stade Saint-Symphorien with a clever chip over Metz goalkeeper Jonathan Fischer from Corentin Tolisso’s pass in the 11th minute.
Ruben Kluivert, son of former Netherlands striker Patrick, doubled the advantage five minutes later with his first goal for Lyon.
Former Liverpool midfielder Tyler Morton made it three just after the half-hour mark before Koffi Kouao pulled one back for Metz.
Endrick raced clear from the halfway line and rounded off a one-sided first half with a cool finish.
Habib Diallo again cut the deficit for the struggling hosts, but Endrick completed his hat-trick with three minutes remaining from the penalty spot
Additional reporting from Emma Duffy and Gavin Cooney
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TROY PARROTT PROVIDED the assist as AZ Alkmaar won 1-0 away to Telstar in the Dutch Eredivisie on Sunday afternoon.
The Irish striker nodded down to send Danish winger Isak Jensen clear for the decisive goal in the 78th minute.
The commentator on Premier Sports originally thought it was a handball — “You can’t assist like that, Troy,” he quipped — but confirmed it came off Parrott’s head after replays.
This afternoon’s North Holland derby result keeps AZ fifth on 32 points — 21 points adrift of runaway leaders PSV — while Telstar are two points off bottom in 16th.
AZ recently changed manager: Maarten Martens was sacked following a poor run of form, with Leeroy Echteld promoted from the reserve team for the remainder of the season.
Parrott continues his excellent individual season, having scored his 20th club goal last week, while the Dubliner also bagged five goals in two games for Ireland during the November World Cup qualifiers against Portugal and Hungary.
Heimir Hallgrímsson’s side return to action in March’s playoff semi-final away to Czechia.
Meanwhile, Juventus dealt a huge blow to Napoli‘s Serie A title defence with a 3-0 win in Turin which left the reigning champions nine points behind league leaders Inter Milan.
Jonathan David, Kenan Yildiz and Filip Kostic netted in Turin as Juve – revitalised under Luciano Spalletti – moved back into fifth spot with a statement win over their fierce rivals.
Juve are now fifth, one point behind third-placed Roma, who drew 1-1 with AC Milan in the late game on Sunday.
Evan Ferguson was an unused substitute for Roma, and has apparently fallen down the pecking order following the January arrivals of Donyell Malen – who started the game – and Robinho Vaz, to whom Roma turned to replace Malen in the second half.
Roma earned a draw thanks to Lorenzo Pellegrini’s second-half penalty, which also gave Inter a five-point lead over their local rivals Milan at the top of the league.
Roma looked set for another defeat in a big game in the 62nd minute when Koni De Winter headed home Luka Modric’s brilliant cross to give Milan the lead at the Stadio Olimpico.
The hosts had dominated the first half and were frustrated by Mike Maignan, who was again excellent in the Milan goal, so De Winter’s first Serie A goal felt like a sucker punch.
But Pellegrini was ice cold from the spot, after Davide Bartesaghi was penalised for handball, pushing his team into the top three after a first draw in the league this season.
Elsewhere, Barcelona reclaimed top spot in La Liga with a 3-0 win over Real Oviedo, thanks to goals from Dani Olmo, Raphinha and an acrobatic Lamine Yamal effort.
After Real Madrid beat Villarreal on Saturday to take pole position overnight, the Catalans edged a point ahead again.
Although Oviedo are bottom of the table with just two victories all season, Barca had to scrap for their victory as the visitors worked hard defensively to keep Hansi Flick’s team at bay until the second half.
Eventually the hosts’ quality told at the partially-reopened Camp Nou and after Olmo opened the scoring Barca never looked back.
In France, Brazilian teenager Endrick, on loan from Real Madrid, announced himself to Ligue 1 with a hat-trick as Lyon thrashed bottom club Metz 5-2 on Sunday.
The 19-year-old’s first league goals for the club helped fourth-placed Lyon extend their advantage over Lille, who were thumped 4-1 at home by Gary O’Neil’s Strasbourg, to four points.
Endrick put visitors Lyon ahead at the Stade Saint-Symphorien with a clever chip over Metz goalkeeper Jonathan Fischer from Corentin Tolisso’s pass in the 11th minute.
Ruben Kluivert, son of former Netherlands striker Patrick, doubled the advantage five minutes later with his first goal for Lyon.
Former Liverpool midfielder Tyler Morton made it three just after the half-hour mark before Koffi Kouao pulled one back for Metz.
Endrick raced clear from the halfway line and rounded off a one-sided first half with a cool finish.
Habib Diallo again cut the deficit for the struggling hosts, but Endrick completed his hat-trick with three minutes remaining from the penalty spot
Additional reporting from Emma Duffy and Gavin Cooney
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