A first-minute blitz ensured Maccabi Tel Aviv climbed back up to first place in the Premier League standings on Monday night, with the yellow-and-blue claiming a 3-1 victory over Hapoel Ra’anana at Bloomfield Stadium.It took Maccabi just 38 seconds to move into the lead, with Munas Dabbur heading in the opener after some excellent build-up play by Tal Ben- Haim. The victory was all but wrapped up with the match not even six minutes old after Maharan Radi made the most of a melee in the Ra’anana box.The hosts took their foot off the gas after that, but man-of-the-match Ben- Haim scored the goal he deserved in the 65th minute before Mamadou Toure (72) netted a consolation goal for Ra’anana, which dropped to just its second defeat of the season.console.log("BODY2. CatId is:"+catID);if(catID==120){console.log("BODY. YES for anyclip script");document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://player.anyclip.com/anyclip-widget/lre-widget/prod/v1/src/lre.js'; script.setAttribute('pubname','jpostcom'); script.setAttribute('widgetname','0011r00001lcD1i_12258'); document.getElementsByClassName('divAnyClip')[0].appendChild(script);}else if(catID!=69 && catID!=2){console.log("BODY. YES for vidazoo script");document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none"; var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://static.vidazoo.com/basev/vwpt.js'; script.setAttribute('data-widget-id','60fd6becf6393400049e6535'); document.getElementsByClassName('divVidazoo')[0].appendChild(script); }Also Monday, Maccabi Haifa’s revival continued with a third-straight victory.Substitute Shoval Gozlan’s 86thminute winner gave the Greens a 2-1 victory over Hapoel Acre at Kiryat Eliezer Stadium.Acre took a surprise lead in the ninth minute, with Juliano Spadacio’s shot from outside the box taking a deflection off Dekel Keinan’s head.Haifa was finally rewarded for its pressure in the 52nd minute when Shlomi Azulai headed in the equalizer and 19-year-old Gozlan gave Haifa all three points after Acre was left with 10 men following Mirko Oremus’ sending off (75).
