AEK Athens ended Olympiakos’ undefeated run 22 games into the Greek league season on Saturday, beating the defending champion 1-0 (video).
Ronald Vargas scored in the 78th minute, grabbing the rebound after Diego Buonanotte’s penalty kick hit the post.
Olympiakos was left with 9 players after Luka Milivojevic was dismissed with a second yellow card for handling the ball inside the area, a call which led to the penalty kick.
Olympiakos had also lost Alberto Botia in the 47th with a direct red card for a last-man foul.
AEK’s Rodrigo Gallo was also dismissed, in the 86th.
Second-place AEK is 16 points behind Olympiakos with eight rounds remaining.
In other action:
Atromitos – Veria 0 – 0 (video)
Panthrakikos – Platanias 0 – 2 (video)
PAS Giannina – Panathinaikos 0 – 3 (video)
Kalloni – Panionios 1 – 1
Panaitolikos – Levadiakos 2 – 0
PAOK – Iraklis 0 – 1
Standings
1. Olympiakos Piraeus 61
2. AEK Athens 45
3. Panathinaikos 41
4. Panionios 35
5. PAOK 34
6. Asteras Tripolis 31
7. Panaitolikos 29
8. Iraklis 29
9. Platanias 27
10. Xanthi 25
11. PAS Giannina 24
12. Levadiakos 24
13. Atromitos 23
14. Veria 23
15. Panthrakikos 14
16. Kalloni 11
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