Bruno Gama settles Thessaloniki derby for Aris

Aris beat crosstown rival PAOK in a bitter derby on Sunday to stay two points behind leader Olympiakos that trounced table-propping Lamia.

The Thessaloniki derbies always tend to be hard-fought, but this season the Aris vs PAOK encounter at the Kleanthis Vikelidis Stadium had some added interest from the fact the two teams are among the Super League table's top-three.

In a very tight match on Sunday evening Aris won 1-0 thanks to a Bruno Gama penalty on the 40th minute, while PAOK was awarded a second-half penalty that the referee revoked upon reviewing the video.

Aris has therefore risen to 26 points from 11 games, while Olympiakos is on 28 from 10 games thanks to its 6-0 win at 10-man Lamia. The Reds had Andreas Bouchalakis, Yann M'Vila, Youssef El-Arabi, Hillal Soudani, Hugo Cuypers and Giorgos Masouras on target.

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