Parrott helps AZ Alkmaar to Dutch Cup glory
Troy Parrott scored a goal and bagged an assist as he helped his AZ Alkmaar side to silverware, lifting the Dutch Cup with a 5-1 victory over NEC Nijmegen.
Parrott rounded off the scoring with Alkmaar's fifth goal deep in injury time as the Ireland international won the first senior trophy of his career.
AZ took a deserved lead after 32 minutes as left back Mees de Wit netted from close range after a mazy run to the byline from left wing Ro-Zangelo Daal.
They added two more after the break from Sven Mijnans in the 67th minute and Peer Koopmeiners six minutes after that, with Parrott setting up Koopmeiners for that third goal with a wonderful first-time through ball.
NEC pulled one back in the 78th minute through Japanese striker Koki Ogawa.
Mijnans had the ball in the net again five minutes from time but it was ruled out for offside in the build-up, but at the start of stoppage time, newly capped Dutch international Kees Smit chipped NEC goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen to make it 4-1.
There was still time for one more from Parrott five minutes into stoppage time, with his close-range shot taking a wicked deflection to round off the scoring.
Cup success means AZ qualify for the league phase of next season's Europa League. They were eliminated last Thursday in the Conference League quarter-final by Ukraine’s Shakhtar Donetsk.
Bayern Munich maintained their domination of German football by sealing their 13th Bundesliga title in 14 years with a 4-1 win against Stuttgart at Allianz Arena.
Harry Kane, introduced as a half-time substitute, stepped off the bench to score his 56th goal of the season for club and country after Raphael Guerreiro, Nicolas Jackson and Alphonso Davies had cancelled out Chris Fuhrich's opener for the visitors.
Chema Andres grabbed a late second for the visitors, but it was immaterial as Bayern maintained their domination of German football by successfully defending their title to secure a 13th Bundesliga crown in the last 14 years.
Kane had notched his 55th goal in 47 appearances in all competitions for Bayern and England in Wednesday's last-eight Champions League win against Real Madrid and on Sunday made it 56 by notching his 32nd Bundesliga goal in 27 appearances so far this season.
