Marcus Berg

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.

Marcus Berg scored a memorable goal to settle the Derby of Eternal Rivals on Sunday as Panathinaikos downed Olympiakos by just 1-0 missing numerous chances to extend its lead. The Reds had Stefanos Kapino to thank for his saves that prevented the champion from getting thrashed at the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium.

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.

Olympiakos stumbled for the second time in a week, as its draw at Asteras Tripolis on Wednesday saw its gap from second-placed Xanthi shrink to eight points on the Super League table, while AEK's loss at Panetolikos led to its second managerial change this season.

Panathinaikos, PAOK and Asteras Tripolis braved the cold conditions in midweek and made huge inroads toward making the quarterfinals of the Greek Cup.

On Tuesday Asteras Tripolis won 2-0 at second-division Trikala, goals coming from Nikos Kaltsas and Yiannis Kotsiras, reducing the second leg at Tripoli to a mere formality.

Panathinaikos shook off another bad night in Europe on Thursday to defeat Atromitos in the league on Sunday and cut the distance from the top to four points, at least for 24 hours as leader Olympiakos is in action on Monday at PAS Giannina.

OFI beat Panathinaikos and is threatening it with elimination from the Cup, while another second-division team, Anagennisi Karditsas held AEK to a draw in a midweek set of group stage games that had plenty of upsets.

Champion Olympiakos needed a highly controversial penalty and a winner from Brown Ideye on Sunday night to keep apace with AEK, Panathinaikos, Panionios and Platanias as all five have made it two wins out of two games in the Super League.

By George Georgakopoulos

Panathinaikos got back to within three points from Super League leader Olympiakos on Sunday, as the Greens defeated PAOK 4-3 at home in a weekend when all games were played behind closed doors.

Olympiakos?s match at Panthrakikos was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

By George Georgakopoulos

Panathinaikos downed Olympiakos 2-1 at home on Sunday to get to within three points from its archrival at the summit of the Super League after comprehensively outplaying the champion and only conceding a goal with the last kick of the game.