Olympiakos (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Ieroklis Stoltidis proved to be the hero for Olympiakos when his stoppage time strike condemned Standard Liege to a heartbreaking defeat after it had looked like the visitors would manage a draw, thanks largely to a fine performance from Sinan Bolat in goal.

Stoltidis was on hand to head home from Luciano Galletti’s late corner and give the home side all three points in an entertaining contest.

The home side settled into a rhythm in the early going but as the first half wore on the Belgian visitors fought their way into the game. Neither side displayed the necessary quality in the final third to finish some fine attacking moves until Igor De Camargo struck with 37 minutes gone to give the visitors the lead.

His goal was a well worked effort too as Milan Jovanovic slipped a neat through ball into the box and Standard’s captain De Camargo was on hand to fire the visitors into a surprise lead.

That lead didn’t last long however as the Greek side pulled themselves level just before the break with Konstantinos Mitroglou winning a free-kick for his side inside Belgian territory before heading home from the resulting set piece to equalise.

They had chances to win it, most notably from Galletti and Michal Zewlakow and just when it looked like Bolat had kept Olympiacos at bay it was the 34-year-old substitute Stoltidis that grabbed the winner in stoppage time.