Crystal Palace beaten in five-goal thriller on Pierre Sage's return to Lyon

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• Crystal Palace fell to a 3-2 defeat by Lyon in the Europa League on Thursday evening.
• The match saw Pierre Sage return to the club he previously managed between 2023 and 2025.
• Lyon went 2-0 up in the first half thanks to goals from Corentin Tolisso and Ernest Nuamah, but Palace pulled a goal back five minutes into the second half through Yeremy Pino.
• Pavel Sulc restored Lyon’s two-goal advantage, before Daichi Kamada pulled a goal back with nine minutes remaining to set up a tense finish.
• However, Place were unable to find an equaliser, and are now sat on three points from their opening two Europa League matches.