Group G/ Holland 3 Belarus 1: The Netherlands washed away the bad taste of their poor weekend performance to convincingly beat Belarus 3-0 in Group G last night.

Arsenal's striker Robin van Persie struck twice and then set up Dirk Kuyt for a third in stoppage time.

Coach Marco van Basten made several changes to the side that laboured to a dismal 1-0 win at Luxembourg on Saturday, with Giovanni van Bronckhorst back in defence after suspension and Wesley Sneijder and Nigel de Jong in midfield.

Inspired by Alexandr Hleb and Maxim Romashchenko, Belarus tested Edwin van der Sar after 11 minutes when Timofei Kalachev's shot was turned over the bar.

Van Persie opened the scoring after 32 minutes when Sneijder's corner kick was cleared to him just inside the penalty area and he struck the ball into the net.

Van Persie sealed victory with 12 minutes remaining when he received the ball from Sneijder and surprised the Belarus goalkeeper with a well-placed shot. Kuyt added some gloss when he headed home a free kick by Van Persie.

In Group C Hungary stunned 10-man Bosnia with a 3-1 victory to post their first victory of the campaign. Forward Szabolcs Huszti converted a 36th-minute penalty to set the visitors on their way.

Spahic was sent off minutes later when he was shown a second yellow card for dissent.

Hungary midfielder Zoltan Gera doubled the advantage immediately after the restart when he headed home from a corner and Pal Dardai quickly made it 3-0 with a fine lob.

Bosnia got a consolation goal through Zvjezdan Misimovic from a penalty after 63 minutes.

Turkey beat Malta 2-0 behind closed doors in Germany thanks to goals from Nihat Kahveci and Tumer Metin. The match was played in Frankfurt because of a Fifa ban imposed for the brawl after Turkey's World Cup qualifying play-off with Switzerland last November in Istanbul.