Sweden round-up: Örgryte go top
Sunday, April 21, 2002
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Örgryte IS's third consecutive win put them top of the Allsvenskan after they beat Malmö FF 1-0.
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Örgryte IS's third consecutive victory put them top of the Allsvenskan after they beat Malmö FF 1-0 today.
Record breaker
It was their first win over Malmö since 1996 and came courtesy of defender Johan Anegrund, who scored only his sixth goal in 107 league appearances. Örgryte deserved the points but were lucky to escape at the death when Malmö substitute Hans Mattisson hit the bar.
Red card
IFK Norrköping claimed their first points of the season with a 3-1 win over struggling AIK Solna, despite being reduced to ten men with the score tied at 1-1. Jani Sarajärvi saw red in the 73rd-minute after Issa Mohammed had cancelled out Patric Andersson's 23rd-minute opener for AIK.
Visitors victorious
With the game heading for a draw, Jonas Wallerstedt intervened and put the visitors into a surprise lead with a fine header seven minutes from time, before Tomas Olsson sealed the win from the penalty spot, with a minute remaining.
Wrong net
Landskrona BoIS rescued a valuable point that puts them second in the Swedish first division, thanks to an injury time own goal from GIF Sundsvall's Stefan Ålander that levelled the scores at 2-2.
Bergersen double
Sundsvall's Norwegian midfield player Tommy Bergersen gave his side a two-goal lead with a double strike in the first-half, the second coming from the penalty spot. Daniel Nannskog pulled one back for the home side early in the second period and after the visitors' Karl Ståhl saw red, the unfortunate Ålander put the ball through his own net.