Olympiakos beat Panathinaikos in the massive derby match last night … with Kostas Mitroglou scoring the winner.
A week or so ago Liverpool and Arsenal were heavily linked with Greek striker Kostas Mitroglou – and the form he is in you can understand why.
The centre forward has been scoring goals for fun this season, with a grand total of 16 goals across all competitions including a sensational hat-trick against Anderlecht in the Champions League recently.
In truth, he has been threatening to break through like this for a while now – his form for the Greek under-21 side for instance really caught the eye.
But the German raised striker, who is wanted back in his former home by Borussia Dortmund, it was a loan spell with Atromitos in 2011-12 that really saw him come good – and now he looks like becoming the finished article at Olympiakos after a magnificent turn of form.
But last night we reckon was probably the best goal of his young career yet.
The £25 million forward bagged a last minute winner in what is sometimes described as the most ferocious derby on the continent – dubbed the Derby of Eternal Enemies and the Mother of all Battles, Olympiakos v Panathinaikos.
He battled through on goal before slamming the ball beyond the Panathinaikos goalkeeper to claim their 76th win in this heated and historic derby.
Here is the goal …
Liverpool and Arsenal fans would love to see him do something similar against Everton and Tottenham respectively.
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