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Sunday, March 2, 2014

Flares and bottle-throwing as Olympiakos' unbeaten run ends in 3-0 defeat by Panathinaikos

by  Associated Press Panathinaikos beats Olympiakos 3-0 Associated Press - 2 March 2014 15:14-05:00

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Panathinaikos ended Olympiakos' 27-match unbeaten league run on Sunday with a 3-0 away victory that was interrupted by home fans who threw flares and other objects onto the pitch.

Panathinaikos coach Yiannis Anastasiou was hit in the face by a plastic bottle and very little football was played in the last 12 minutes due to the missile-throwing after Olympiakos was awarded a penalty.

Alejandro Dominguez missed the spotkick and the referee didn't make up for time lost.

In a separate incident, Olympiakos' Michael Olaitan was taken to hospital for checks after collapsing. He was conscious when taken off on a stretcher.

Marcus Berg, Danijel Pranjic and Mehdi Abeid scored for Panathinaikos.

Olympiakos has a 19-point lead over Atromitos, a 3-1 winner at Panetolikos, and PAOK, which drew 2-2 at Ergotelis.

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