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A Bryan Ruiz header sixteen minutes from full time gave PSV Eindhoven a 2-1 win at PEC Zwolle on Sunday (27th April).

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Fresh from their 5-1 cup final triumph over Ajax, PEC Zwolle were perhaps unsurprisingly slow starters at home to PSV.

For PSV, still hunting for their place in the Europa League, this was a game they could ill afford to lose.

The visitors got the opening goal after 21 minutes - Jurgen Locadia putting the ball in at the second attempt after Abel Tamata broke free down the left.

Yet Zwolle got back on terms just after the hour mark, some strong tackling in the midfield from Zwolle allowed Furdjel Narsingh to feed Mustafa Saymak - who made no mistake with the finish.

However , PSV were in more need of the points and Santiago Arias's looping cross found Bryan Ruiz at the far post.

The Costa Rican nodded in for his fifth goal of the season to ensure the visitors took all three points.

The result boosts PSV's chances of automatic qualification for next season's Europa League with two matches remaining to play as they move above Vitesse and into fourth.