DECINES-CHARPIEAU, France (Interstat) — Lyon defeated Crystal Palace 3-2 on Thursday at Groupama Stadium, using goals from Corentin Tolisso, Ernest Nuamah and Pavel Sulc to hold off the visiting side. Tolisso scored in the 8th minute, and Nuamah doubled the lead in the second minute of first-half stoppage time. Crystal Palace pulled one back through Yeremi Pino Santos in the 50th, but Sulc restored Lyon’s two-goal cushion in the 76th. Daichi Kamada scored Crystal Palace’s second in the 81st. Crystal Palace pressed late but could not equalize. Keito Nakamura recorded two assists and was booked, while Adam Wharton had one assist. Yellow cards also went to Crystal Palace’s Ismaila Sarr in the 36th, Pino in the 56th and Chris Richards in the 82nd, plus Nakamura in the 58th. Lyon improved to 1-0 in the competition and 4-1-2 overall. Crystal Palace fell to 0-1 in the competition and 2-5-1 overall.