European football round-up: PSV retain Dutch league title, Napoli on the brink in Italy

Elsewhere Galatasaray secured a 25th Turkish title with two games to spare following a 3-0 victory at Kayserispor on Sunday.
European football round-up: PSV retain Dutch league title, Napoli on the brink in Italy

NEARLY THERE: Antonio Conte, head coach of Napoli SSC, gestures during a Serie A match. Pic: Emmanuele Ciancaglini/Getty Images.

PSV Eindhoven's Luuk de Jong and Malik Tillman scored second-half goals to help retain the Dutch league title in a nervous 3-1 victory at Sparta Rotterdam as their side held off Ajax Amsterdam's challenge in Sunday’s final round of matches.

PSV lifted the title they won last season to take their overall tally to 26, 10 behind Ajax, as they finished the season with 79 points from 34 games, one ahead of their great rivals from Amsterdam.

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