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Twente win maiden Dutch title

Costa Rican Bryan Ruiz opened the scoring midway through the first half, seconds after Csaba Feher had been sent off for a two-legged tackle on Theo Janssen.

Twente sealed their first title 16 minutes before time when Miroslav Stoch came in from the right to double the lead.

"This was a fantastic afternoon and (it was) amazing how my players handled the enormous pressure," former England coach McClaren told Eredivisie Live TV.

"The boys did so well today, though they should have scored more, in my opinion, to seal the win earlier but they have been doing this the whole season.

"Last season we lost the cup final (and) finished second in the league but we kept growing and growing and today it proved that we are more experienced after all our big games also in the Europa league."

Suarez scored his 35th goal of the season in the second half to become the league's top scorer before Saidi Ntibazonkiza earned Nijmegen their consolation goal.

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