Europa League: Lyon take down Crystal Palace as Benfica overwhelm Celtic
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32-second readSage 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.
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- Crystal Palace, Celta Vigo, Juventus, Lyon, Benfica, Celtic
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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
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