Hug it out: Robin van Persie (left) celebrates his goal for Hollan

Tottenham's Rafael Van der Vaart opened the scoring with just eight minutes on the clock and Ibrahim Afellay made it two on the stroke of half-time. Liverpool and Arsenal forwards Dirk Kuyt and Robin van Persie rounded off an impressive Dutch performance.

France, who included Patrice Evra and Franck Ribery in their starting line-up for the first time since the World Cup, eased to a 2-0 win in Luxembourg in Group D with goals from Philippe Mexes and Yoann Gourcuff.

Finally, in Group A, Belgium gave their hopes a major boost as Axel Witsel scored twice in a 2-0 win in Austria, who had started the night in second place.

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