PAOK skipper Stefanos Athanasiadis drew first blood and pointed the way to the “Double-Headed Eagle’s” huge and deserved win in “Georgios Karaiskakis” Stadium. In his post-match comments, Klaus congratulated all his teammates and underlined the psychological value of the win.

“Let me congratulate all guys”, the league’s top scorer said, adding: “All of them deserve to be on this team. They played with passion and worked hard. We have a great side and proved that from minute one. We weren’t afraid of anything, that was the key to our victory.

We knew that Olympiacos would apply pressure right from the start and that we should not take unnecessary risks. We also knew we would be presented with counterattacking space. That led us to the opener. We conceded an uncommon goal, one of those efforts that rarely go in. After the interval we believed in ourselves and gave it all. We scored an early goal through Pereyra and built from there to clinch victory.

This is a confidence-boosting win. We wanted to remain at the top after this game. We did just that. But this is not the end. This match is over, we leave it behind and look ahead to our next engagements”.