AZ have climbed to third in the Eredivisie table courtesy of a plucky 2-0 win over Willem II this evening.
Goals late in each half from Steven Berghuis and Dabney dos Santos secured the hosts three points which see them leapfrog Feyenoord in the standings.
John van den Brom's side had won five of their six previous games, but it was Willem who were largely the dominant side as they had 57% possession and more than twice as many shots on target.
However, they could not find a way past Esteban Alvarado and AZ took the lead against the run of play on 43 minutes as Berghuis finished off a smart move.
Alkmaar wrestled some control of the match after the interval and eventually secured victory through Dos Santos's injury-time goal on the counter-attack.
