Marko Livaja

Two Andreas Bouchalakis goals saw Olympiakos beat Aris at Thessaloniki on Saturday to go alone on top of the Super League.

The Reds have a near-perfect record of 22 points from eight games, after defeating Aris 2-1 away thanks to goals by Bouchalakis at either side of half-time. Facundo Bertoglio pulled one back for the hosts that have now dropped to fourth, with 19 points.

AEK's reserve keeper Panagiotis Tsintotas produced arguably the save of the season on Wednesday to safeguard all three points for his team in the game with Asteras Tripolis, just five minutes after coming on as a substitute. AEK remains 10 points behind Super League leaders Olympiakos and PAOK which scored easy wins.

Ten-man PAOK preserved its unbeaten record in the Super League snatching a 1-1 draw at AEK, so Olympiakos has reduced the distance from the top to six points ahead of the all-important clash with PAOK next Sunday in Thessaloniki.

After a nightmare November, champion AEK returned to winning ways on Sunday beating Xanthi to climb back into the top four of the Super League, while Panathinaikos snatched a last-minute equalizer at Aris and Atromitos dropped points at struggling Apollon Smyrnis. PAOK and Olympiakos are in action on Monday.

Dusan Tadic scored twice in the second half Tuesday to take Ajax to the last 16 in the Champions League for the first time in 12 years with a 2-0 win over 10-man AEK Athens, which fell to a fifth straight loss in the competition.

Three second-half goals condemned AEK to a 3-0 loss at Ajax in the Greek champion's opening night in the Champions League on Wednesday.

AEK's unbeaten run of 14 games in Europe came to a resounding end as the Athens team generally got what it deserved, particularly in the second half at Amsterdam.

AEK wasted the chance of capitalizing fully on the trouble PAOK has put itself into with the canceled match against Olympiakos, as the Yellows could only draw 1-1 at Peristeri with high-flying Atromitos on Monday.

SOCCER: Two goals by Marko Livaja and one from Tasos Bakasetas gave AEK a comfortable 3-0 home win over bottom club Platanias on Monday, sending the Yellows alone on top of the Super League, one point ahead of Olympiakos. All proceeds from the turnout of over 20,000 fans (some 114,000 euros) will go to support the flood-hit population of western Attica.

Marko Livaja scored two goals, the second on the 90th minute, to snatch a point for AEK at its home game with Austria Vienna on Thursday (2-2), keeping it in second at the table on a night it nearly lost due to its numerous defensive errors.

The injury and substitution of defender Uros Cosic midway through the first half cost AEK as it created a hole at the center of its defense.

AEK Athens are 1-1 at OAKA stadium in their second Group D Europa League match against Austria Vienna at the end of the first half. The Greek side opened the score with a Livaja goal on 28 minutes, but the visitors drew level in the 43rd minute with a Monschein goal. Both AEK and Austria Vienna are currently in second spot on 3 points in the group behind leaders Milan.