Olympiakos puts three past Partizan, while AEK suffers

Ben Mohamed scored a precious brace for Olympiakos in Belgrade to lead the Reds to a 3-1 win over Partizan for the third qualifying round of the Champions League on Tuesday, while AEK lost 2-0 at home to a superior CSKA Moscow. The results render next week's return games largely academical.

Ben scored his first for Olympiakos just five minutes after kick-off following a great one-two with Marko Marin.

Partizan equalized four minutes later as Leandre Tawamba's shot was parried by Olympiakos keeper Stefanos Kapino, but the ball went in off Tawamba's body.

Ben restored Olympiakos's lead 10 minutes after the interval with a spectacular solo effort that ended in a curving left-footed effort from outside the area for 2-1.

Then a great through-ball from the left by Diogo Figueiras in injury time found Emmanuel Emenike with only the goalkeeper to beat, and he sealed...