ATHENS, Greece – Olympiakos closed within two points of Greek league leader Panathinaikos by defeating stubborn visitor Ergotelis 3-0 on Saturday.
All three goals came in the last 32 minutes. Marko Pantelic opened in the 58th with a shot from close in, Olof Mellberg headed in a Djamel Abdoun cross in the 65th and Yiannis Fetfatzidis closed with a blistering long-range shot in injury time.
Ergotelis ended the game with nine players, as Mario Hieblinger and Andreas Bouhalakis were shown second yellow cards for rough challenges in the 56th and 60th minutes, respectively.
Also, OFI beat Xanthi 1-0 and Panionios defeated Kerkyra 2-0.
Panathinaikos travels to last-place Drama on Sunday.
