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Lyon beat Crystal Palace 3-2 in Europa League; Sunderland win late at Torreense

Lyon won 3-2 at home to Crystal Palace, who were managed by Lyon's former coach Pierre Sage, in the Europa League league phase. Sunderland came from behind to beat Torreense 2-1 with a 93rd-minute goal.

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Image: Arab News
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Mixed · 2Lyon beat Crystal Palace 3-2 at the Groupama Stadium in the Europa League on Thursday 15 October 2026. Mixed · 2Palace manager Pierre Sage was returning to Lyon, the club he managed for 14 months, and lost on the occasion. Mixed · 2Corentin Tolisso put Lyon ahead from a corner, and Ernest Nuamah made it 2-0 on the stroke of half-time, finishing a move involving Keito Nakamura. Palace had no shot on target in the first half, according to the Evening Standard.

Mixed · 2Yeremy Pino pulled one back for Palace in the 50th minute after a short-corner routine. Pavel Sulc restored Lyon's two-goal lead in the 76th minute with a flick, and substitute Daichi Kamada scored for Palace with nine minutes left. Centre · 1Palace pressed late: Chris Richards headed a late corner close to equalising, but Lyon goalkeeper Dominik Greif palmed it away. Earlier, Palace had protested for a penalty when Kamada was brought down by Nuamah, and the incident was checked but play went on. Mixed · 2Arab News said the result was Palace's fourth defeat of the season in all competitions and Lyon's second win from two in the league phase. The Evening Standard noted that Ismaila Sarr started for Palace for the first time this season and that Sage had beaten Nottingham Forest's Oliver Glasner days earlier in the Premier League.

Right · 1Elsewhere, Sunderland beat Portuguese second-division side Torreense 2-1 in Leiria. Volnei Feltes put Torreense ahead in the 37th minute with a long-range shot, Jules Ahoka equalised after Granit Xhaka and Enzo Le Fee came on, and Noah Sadiki scored the winner in the 93rd minute after a VAR check had denied Sunderland a late penalty. Right · 1Arab News also reported that Bayer Leverkusen beat Lech Poznan 4-0 to go top, AC Milan won 4-0 at Red Bull Salzburg with a hat-trick from Alphadjo Cisse, and Real Sociedad drew 1-1 at Union Saint-Gilloise.

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Framing
A detailed match report centred on Palace and Sage's difficult return to Lyon.
Emphasis
Palace's lack of a first-half shot on target, the Sarr handball booking, the penalty appeal and the late comeback attempt.
Leaves out or plays down
Nothing on other Europa League matches.
Charged language
“frustrating”“denied late comeback”
For example
“Eagles could not muster a shot in the first half but threatened to nick points late on” — Evening Standard

Right1 outlet

Framing
A round-up of Thursday's Europa League matches, with Lyon–Palace and Sunderland's late win at the top.
Emphasis
Results across the competition, with Sunderland's stoppage-time winner and Palace's poor run.
Leaves out or plays down
Gives less detail on Palace's chances, the Sarr incident and the penalty appeal.
Charged language
“painful return”“break the hearts”
For example
“Sunderland made a late comeback to break the hearts of Portuguese second-division side Torreense” — Arab News

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