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Europa League: Lyon take down Crystal Palace as Benfica overwhelm Celtic
Source: Sport | The Guardian · Published
Sage loses 3-2 to former side; Benfica 4-1 Celtic Juventus go top with 2-1 win over Celta Vigo Pierre Sage endured a frustrating return to Lyon in the Europa League as his Crystal Palace side lost 3-2 to his former employers at the Groupama Stadium. Corentin Tolisso opened the sc
Sage loses 3-2 to former side; Benfica 4-1 Celtic Juventus go top with 2-1 win over Celta Vigo Pierre Sage endured a frustrating return to Lyon in the Europa League as his Crystal Palace side lost 3-2 to his former employers at the Groupama Stadium. Corentin Tolisso opened the scoring for the hosts and Ernest Nuamah doubled Lyon’s advantage late in a first half without a shot on target for the visitors. Yéremy Pino halved the deficit five minutes after the break before Pavel Sulc restored the Ligue 1 side’s two-goal advantage.
The Palace substitute Daichi Kamada pulled one back with nine minutes remaining in a better second half for Palace, who could not find an equaliser. Continue reading...
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