Slam for Sirius - fell against AIK after a criticized penalty goal

With the victory, AIK helps its worst rivals Djurgården and Hammarby in the Allsvenskan top battle. If they now win their matches this weekend, the distance to series leader Sirius shrinks to only five and six points respectively.

This with five rounds left in the Allsvenskan season.

The criticism: "The referee gives away the lead"

Axel Kouame took advantage of a sloppy pass in the away team's defense and broke the deadlock after half an hour. However, Sirius responded two minutes later when Joakim Persson equalised.

Johan Hove then scored the 2–1 goal on a disputed penalty.

Taha Ayari was brought down and the referee pointed to the penalty spot immediately, but the verdict was debated. The question was whether the AIK striker sought the penalty in an excessively clear way by stopping in his run.

- Judge Ladebäck is giving away this lead, thought expert Olof Lundh in TV4.

Earlier in the half, Sirius had also snubbed a possible penalty. The judge then acquitted Sixten Gustafsson's conviction of Victor Svensson.

Sirius falters in the gold hunt

The second half was scoreless but contained several dangerous chances, including crossbar shots from each team.

- It's sad, we have to win this match. We are naive and careless with the ball. We give them an early goal and then they defend well, says Isak Bjerkebo in TV4.

Djurgården meets Örgryte at 17.30 on Saturday and can put serious pressure on Sirius with a victory. Hammarby faces Mjällby away on Sunday afternoon.