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Lyon beat Crystal Palace 3-2 as Nakamura sets up two goals
Lyon beat Crystal Palace 3-2 in a Europa League match in France on Thursday.
Japan international Keito Nakamura set up two Lyon goals, while fellow Japan international Daichi Kamada scored for Palace after coming on as a substitute.
Lyon took a 2-0 lead before half-time, with Corentin Tolisso and Ernest Nuamah scoring.
Yeremy Pino pulled one back for Palace, but Pavel Sulc restored Lyon’s two-goal lead in the 76th minute.
Kamada’s late goal was not enough to prevent Palace from losing.
Lyon moved to two wins from two league-phase matches, while Palace had one win and one defeat.
Palace manager Pierre Sage said his team had fallen short of his expectations in the first half, and that they need to play well for the full match.
Lyon beat Crystal Palace 3-2 in the Europa League league phase at home.
Keito Nakamura provided two assists for Lyon, while Daichi Kamada scored for Palace after coming on as a substitute.
Corentin Tolisso opened the scoring in the eighth minute, and Ernest Nuamah added Lyon’s second in first-half stoppage time.
Yeremy Pino pulled one back for Palace in the 50th minute, before Pavel Sulc scored Lyon’s third in the 76th minute.
Kamada scored in the 81st minute, but Palace could not equalise.
- Who
- Lyon and Crystal Palace, including Japan internationals Keito Nakamura and Daichi Kamada.
- What
- Lyon won 3-2 in a Europa League league-phase match. Nakamura made two assists and Kamada scored.
- When
- Thursday, October 15, 2026; the Japanese report gives the match time as October 16 in Japan.
- Where
- Groupama Stadium in Lyon, France.
- Why
- Not stated
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Corentin Tolisso scored Lyon’s opener from a corner.
Ernest Nuamah scored from a Keito Nakamura cross to make it 2-0.
Yeremy Pino scored for Crystal Palace.
Pavel Sulc scored Lyon’s third after Nakamura’s shot was turned in.
Substitute Daichi Kamada scored Palace’s second goal.
- Final score
- Lyon 3-2 Crystal Palace
- Venue
- Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France
- Nakamura
- Two assists for Lyon
- Kamada
- Scored for Palace in the 81st minute
- Europa League standings
- Lyon moved to eighth with two wins; Palace had one win and one loss and stood 15th
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Lyon's Nakamura gets 2 assists, Palace's Kamada nets in Europa League clash
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What people are saying
I think we didn't play this first half. We are really far off our standards in the mental side of the play, in the tactical side of the play, because the players are too high between our lines and we really struggled a lot with that.
You cannot win this kind of game by playing only one half.
It's a very disappointing return because we lost. I can't take satisfaction from coming back home or seeing familiar faces when the result isn't there.