Olympiakos hit last year’s finalists Leverkusen for six

OLYMPIAKOS Piraeus thrashed last year’s finalists Bayer Leverkusen 6-2 helped by a hat-trick from Predrag Djordjevic in their opening Group F Champions League match.

Leverkusen were gifted the lead after 22 minutes as Olympiakos's goalkeeper Dimitris Eleftheropoulos scooped a Bernd Schneider cross into his own goal.

That seemed to galvanise the Greek champions who poured forward with Giovanni heading the equaliser from a corner five minutes later.