Panathinaikos beats Larissa 4-0 in Greek league

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ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Djibril Cisse scored two goals to lead Panathinaikos to a 4-0 win over visiting Larissa that took them back to the top of the Greek league on Monday.

Loukas Vintra and Costas Katsouranis also scored for the Athens club as it reclaimed the lead from defending champion Olympiakos, which beat Levadiakos 3-0 on Saturday.

After six games, Panathinaikos has 18 points, two ahead of Olympiakos.

Panathinaikos went on the attack from the start, but it was Larissa which came twice close to taking the lead. A blistering shot from inside the area by Naim Aarab sailed over Alexandros Tzorvas' crossbar in the 7th minute. Five minutes later, a low drive from the edge of the area by Antonio de Nigris forced Tzorvas to save with an outstretched leg.

Vintra had a shot hit the Larissa post before putting his team ahead with a shot off a corner kick by Sebastian Leto just before the break.

Katsouranis made it 2-0 in the 66th with a long lob header from outside the area after goalkeeper Arkadiusz Malarz punched away a cross from Sotiris Ninis.

Cisse made it 3-0 off a corner kick from Leto in the 70th and rounded out the scoring with his third goal of the season in the 87th.

Also Monday, it was: Asteras 2, Ergotelis 4; Panionios 2, Atromitos 1, PAOK 1, Iraklis 0 and Xanthi 1, AEK 0.

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