Europa League highlights: Crystal Palace record first win as Bournemouth stun giants

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-09-17 · by Oli Gent

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Crystal Palace recorded a convincing 4-0 victory in their Europa League debut against Lech Poznan, with goals from Yeremy Pino, Chris Richards, Jorgen Strand Larsen, and Eddie Nketiah. Meanwhile, Bournemouth upset Spanish giants Valencia with a 3-1 win, despite going behind early; Rayan scored the equalizer, followed by Mika Baur’s late goal to give them the lead, which Daniel Arzani secured shortly after halftime. Palace now sit second in their group while Bournemouth are 10th overall after this performance.
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Crystal Palace recorded their first-ever win in the Europa League by defeating Lech Poznan of Poland 4-0 on October 6. The match took place at Selhurst Park in south London. Within eleven minutes, Justin Kluivert scored from a cross by Adrien Truffert, and shortly after, young star Rayan added another goal with a header off Alex Scott's pass. Other goals were scored by Yeremy Pino and Chris Richards early on, followed by Jorgen Strand Larsen’s third before halftime. Eddie Nketiah sealed the victory with an additional goal in the final minute of regulation time. Lech Poznan went down to ten men when Radoslaw Murwaski received a second yellow card for committing fouls late in the game, further securing Crystal Palace's morale-boosting win in their debut Europa League match following their promotion from the third tier last season.

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🔮 They thought they would be going in level, but Krisoffer Zachariassen’s tap-in in the first minute of stoppage time left Martin O’Neill’s Hoops behind at the break.
🔮 The 19-year-old netted the north Londoners’ opener in that fixture, and his goalscoring knack could be what his parent side are missing, as Roberto De Zerbi’s men are still without a goal in the top flight this term.
🔮 Jaissle was blunt in his update on the full-back, telling reporters on Thursday: "Amar will not be able to play on Saturday."
🔮 He could well return to team training before the international break at the end of the month.
🔮 Read More Liverpool will find out their fourth-round opponents on Wednesday, and this weekend, Iraola’s side will take on Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium, with the Spaniard returning to his old employers for the first time since leaving them earlier this year.
🔮 Sky Sports are only allowed access, with their cameras, for the first 15 minutes of the opening training session, so the pair could have later joined the group.
🔮 The defender is believed to be close to a comeback, and he could feature against the Seagulls.
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🔮 I think he should be available if everything goes normal. "Cody we will see.
🔮 With that in mind, here is all the latest Chelsea injury news and potential return dates... Levi Colwill The injury concern from Wednesday. The defender had been left out against Arsenal in a precautionary measure taken by Alonso, who admitted afterwards that the centre-back was not fully fit.
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Eagles Lech Poznan London Manchester City Polish

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Chris Richards PERSON · 1× Eagles ORG · 1× Eddie Nketiah PERSON · 1× Jean-Philippe Mateta PERSON · 1× Jorgen Strand Larsen PERSON · 1× Lech Poznan GPE · 1× London GPE · 1× Pierre Sage’s PERSON · 1× Polish NORP · 1× Yeremy Pino PERSON · 1×

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They were ahead within 11 minutes when Justin Kluivert converted Adrien Truffert’s cross, and it was two shortly after when young star Rayan latched onto Alex Scott’s delightful, defence-splitting pass, beat the onrushing Unai Marrero to the ball with a deft header, which bounced over the line.
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🔮 They thought they would be going in level, but Krisoffer Zachariassen’s tap-in in the first minute of stoppage time left Martin O’Neill’s Hoops behind at the break.

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The Eagles played host to Lech Poznan on their bow in Europe’s second tier, having conquered the third last term to reach this competition. asserted
Eagles → play → competition
Pierre Sage’s side were ruthless in south London, dispatching their Polish opponents 4-0. asserted
side → dispatch → opponents
Yeremy Pino opened the scoring inside 10 minutes, before Chris Richards doubled the advantage 17 minutes later. asserted
Richards → open → advantage
Jorgen Strand Larsen continued his rich forn in lieu of Jean-Philippe Mateta to add the third before the break, and Eddie Nketiah added a final flourish in the final minute of regulation time to cap off a morale-bolstering win. asserted
Nketiah → continue → win
Lech had gone down to ten men late on, as Radoslaw Murwaski was shown a second yellow card for two bad fouls. asserted
Murwaski → go → fouls
They were ahead within 11 minutes when Justin Kluivert converted Adrien Truffert’s cross, and it was two shortly after when young star Rayan latched onto Alex Scott’s delightful, defence-splitting pass, beat the onrushing Unai Marrero to the ball with a deft header, which bounced over the line. asserted
which → convert → line
Former Manchester City left-back Sergio Gomez got the La Liga outfit back into the tie, with his inswinger from the right flank flying all the way inside the far post without a touch, leaving Djordje Petrovic flat-footed. asserted
inswinger → get → Petrovic
Bamidele Yusuf opened the scoring on 20 minutes for the Hungarians, but Mika Baur levelled with one minute to go until half time for the Scots. asserted
Baur → open → Scots
They thought they would be going in level, but Krisoffer Zachariassen’s tap-in in the first minute of stoppage time left Martin O’Neill’s Hoops behind at the break. asserted
in → think → break
Read More It was three just two minutes after the restart, with Daniel Arzani wrapping up the points, converting from Yusuf’s cut-back after a swift breakaway. asserted
Arzani → read → breakaway
On-loan Newcastle striker Nick Woltemade notched his first goal for Juventus in the Old Lady’s 5-0 win over NEC Nijmegen, adding the third in a complete victory for Luciano Spaletti’s side, who top the 36-strong table after the first matchday. asserted
who → notch → matchday
Palace sit second, Bournemouth are 10th, and Sunderland are 16th after their 1-0 win over AZ Alkmaar on Wednesday. asserted
Sunderland → sit → Wednesday
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