Despite leading 2-0 against FC Twente on Sunday afternoon, Ajax only managed to secure a point after John van den Brom's side managed to come back to make it 2-2.

Tolu Arokodare continued his excellent form, putting Ajax ahead after just a few minutes. It was the third game in a row that Tolu scored a goal within the first 10 minutes to give Michel Sanchez's side the lead.

Following Tolu's goal, Twente began to become increasingly dominant. Ajax struggled to control the game and Twente's high press, in particular, caused the Amsterdammers serious problems in build-up.

Despite creating several decent chances, Twente struggled to find the back of the net and completely against the run of play, Ajax doubled their lead after a wonderful finish from Rayane Bounida.

Just minutes after Bounida put Ajax 2-0 ahead, Twente's hard work throughout the game was rewarded as Dies Janse unluckily put the ball in the back of his own net. After that, Twente continued to dominate the game in search of an equaliser and in stoppage time, they found one as former Ajax striker Wout Weghorst scored from the penatly spot.

Across Ajax's last four games, a concerning trend has began to develop in the way Ajax typically start games very strongly, but their performance levels seem to drop off as the game progresses.

Against Sparta Rotterdam, Ajax controlled the first half well and led 1-2 at half-time. In the second half, though, Sparta were dominant, and while Ajax managed to hold onto the lead, the home side put them under real pressure for prolonged periods of time.

Against AZ Alkmaar, Ajax took the lead early on, but that was their only big chance they created throughout the game. On Thursday against Midtjylland, Ajax once again took the lead early on, but the Danish side made it 1-1 and Ajax did not restore the lead until Midtjylland went down to 10 men.

In the game against Twente, Ajax had four shots in the first 20 minutes including Tolu's goal. They then went on to have only two shots in the final 70 minutes of the game and had next to no control.

Speaking to ESPN after the draw against Twente, Wijndal spoke about Ajax's recent trend of starting games strongly and struggling to maintain that same level.

"That needs to improve. I also don't know why that keeps happening," Wijndal said. In this match, we had to defend far too much again," Wijndal said.

"I didn't think we played a good game today, but well, when you're up 0- 2, you have to see the game through. Then we would have been in first place.

"Fortunately, the season is still long, so there are still plenty of opportunities. We still need to take steps forward as a team. The fighting spirit is there, so that looks good."

One possible explanation for Ajax's drop off in performance level during games is fatigue. Since returning from the last international break, Ajax have played eight games in around 30 days.

Michel has rotated the team well, though several players have also missed many games due to injuries, which has limited the number of options the Spanish head coach has.

The worrying thing is Ajax had no midweek game leading into the game against AZ Alkmaar, yet they still dropped off after a good start.

It is still early in the season, and fatigue will only begin to accumulate more as the season progresses. It is worrying, but Ajax have good squad depth in most positions, and the club could also look to further strengthen the squad in the winter transfer window.