Palace lose to Lyon in first away Europa tie
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Olympique Lyonnais 3 - 2 Crystal Palace FT
Lyon finished top of the league phase in the Europa League in 2025-26, but then lost in the last 16 [Getty Images]Crystal Palace were beaten by Lyon in France in the Eagles' first ever away match in the Europa League.
The hosts only needed eight minutes to open the scoring, when Corentin Tolisso reacted quickest to bury the loose ball after Palace failed to cope with a corner from the right.
In a quiet first half, Lyon doubled their lead in injury time as Ernest Nuamah finished well from Keito Nakamura's low cross.
Palace had come from behind to gain Premier League wins over Fulham and Nottingham Forest this season and were much improved after the break, finding a way back into the match in the 50th minute.
The visitors worked a short corner, with Adam Wharton's fine first-time pass instantly met by Yeremy Pino before he shot into the roof of the net to make it 2-1.
Palace had chances to make it 2-2 before Lyon restored their two-goal advantage thanks to Pavel Sulc's clever backheel flick into the net.
Daichi Kamada gave Palace hope as he finished from six yards out to make it 3-2, but the hosts held on for the victory.
It was a return to Lyon for Eagles boss Pierre Sage, who had been manager of the Ligue 1 club from November 2023 to January 2025, having previously been a coach.
Palace won the third-tier Conference League last season and this is their first campaign playing in Europe's second-tier competition. After two of their eight league-phase matches, they have three points following the 4-0 win over Polish side Lech Poznan.
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