PEC Zwolle has grabbed a crucial point against FC Utrecht on Sunday. The Blauwvingers were almost behind when Ángel Alarcon opened the score after a quarter of an hour. The Spaniard, who is on loan to Utrecht from FC Porto, scored and seemed to put the Domstedelingen on the path to victory. But Thijs Oosting prevented a third consecutive defeat for the visitors towards the end. The 21-year-old Tom de Graaff had a less good day and didn't look very good at Alarcon's shot. For a long time, it seemed that Alarcon had decided the game with that goal. That would have been deserved, too, because the home team played the best chances of the game. But about ten minutes before the end, it went wrong for Ron Jans' team. Thijs Oosting was able to tap in from close range and gave PEC a point. The visitors ended the game with ten men because substitute Jan Faberski received a red card for a heavy charge. So Utrecht failed to start a real winning streak - Jans and his team won two games before the match against PEC - where the visitors grabbed an important point to avoid worrying too much about relegation football. The gap with number sixteen NAC Breda is five points, and so Henny van der Vegt's team still has some breathing room. Van der Vegt's team can now breathe a sigh of relief. However, the upcoming games will have to show whether PEC Zwolle is able to stay in the Eredivisie. The Blauwvingers have at least one chance to save themselves. And that's more than they had a few weeks ago. The question now is how PEC Zwolle will perform in the coming weeks. Can Van der Vegt's team achieve some good results and thus secure survival? Or will the team still be relegated to the Kitchen Champion Division? Time will tell. But for now, PEC Zwolle can be satisfied with the point grabbed against FC Utrecht. It's an important result that gives the Blauwvingers new hope.