Berg settles derby of two halves for Panathinaikos

Marcus Berg scored a brace to lead Panathinaikos to another derby win on Sunday, as the Greens beat AEK 3-2 away, while Olympiakos returned to winning ways as it came from behind to beat Platanias on Saturday.

In its next game after beating Olympiakos, fourth-placed Panathinaikos won a classic derby with its Athens rival at the Olympic Stadium of Athens in what was the very stereotype of "a game of two halves".

The Greens were excellent in the first half, scoring through Viktor Klonaridis and Berg, as AEK was nowhere to be seen in the first 45 minutes. Half-time supersubs Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (from the penalty spot) and Tomas Pekhart scored to bring AEK back on level terms, but a great cross from the left by Robin Lod picked Berg in the box and he tapped the ball home. His 20th league goal of the season claimed all three points for Panathinaikos, that played a...