Olympiakos scores 3 late goals to beat Asteras
Posted November 29, 2015 6:00 am
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Olympiakos scored all its goals in the final 17 minutes to beat Asteras 3-1 Sunday and tie the Greek league record for consecutive wins.
Costas Fortounis opened the scoring with a 73rd minute penalty kick and added a second goal seven minutes later. Brown Ideye made it 3-0 in the 86th and Apostolos Yiannou scored Asteras' consolation goal in stoppage time.
Olympiakos has 11 wins from 11 games and has tied its own record for straight league victories from the 1966-67 season.
The defending champion is 10 points ahead of second-place AEK, which beat Panetolikos 2-0.
Also, Levadiakos beat Xanthi 1-0 and Platanias vs. Veria ended in a scoreless draw.
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