PAOK beats Olympiakos to bring fresh interest into Super League

PAOK extended Olympiakos's losing streak to three games in the Super League, beating the leader 2-0 in Thessaloniki and giving fresh interest to the championship.

Second-half goals by Yevhen Shakhov and Aleksandar Prijovic, both within seven minutes, gave a clearly superior PAOK a deserved win at Toumba that cut its distance from the top to eight points, with seven games left to play.

The result puts Olympiakos manager Paulo Bento in a precarious position, just four days before the Europa League clash with Turkish champion Besiktas in Piraeus.

PAOK remains third behind Panionios that clashes with AEK on Monday and will get within four points from Olympiakos if it wins at home.

Fourth-placed Panathinaikos put five past bottom team Veria (5-0) at home on Saturday, with Marcus Berg scoring a hat-trick to rise to the top of the scorers' table with 16 goals....