Pana close on Olympiakos

Panathinaikos began the New Year on a high with a convincing 3-0 home win over Larissa on Saturday. Desperate to get back in the title race, third-placed Panathinaikos reduced the deficit on leaders Olympiakos Piraeus to six points.

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But it took them until the 57th minute before a Fanis Gekas header broke the deadlock.

Gekas, who has been out of favour recently, added a second in the 77th minute before 20-year-old Alexandros Tziolis finished off Larissa with a superb long-range strike.

In the other game played on Saturday, a Sotiris Tsatsos goal in the 89th minute gave eighth-placed Egaleo a 1-0 victory at Panionios, who are 13th.

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Olympiakos (36 points from 14 games) meet Ionikos on Sunday while second-placed AEK Athens (35 points) take on fourth placed Xanthi.

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