Lyon beat Crystal Palace, Milan thrash Salzburg in Europa League round two

Europa League round two brought a 3-2 Lyon win over Crystal Palace and a 4-0 Milan victory at RB Salzburg with an Alphadjo Cissè hat-trick.

• Lyon defeated Crystal Palace 3-2 at the Groupama Stadium, with Corentin Tolisso, Ernest Nuamah and Pavel Sulc scoring for the hosts.
• Crystal Palace manager Pierre Sage returned to Lyon, the club he managed for 14 months.
• Milan won 4-0 at RB Salzburg, Alphadjo Cissè scoring a hat-trick and Gonçalo Ramos adding a fourth.
• Milan played the closing minutes with ten men after Filippo Terracciano was sent off.
• Cissè became the youngest Italian to score a European hat-trick, at 19 years and 358 days.
• He was also the first Milan player to net three in a European match since Filippo Inzaghi in 2002.
• Milan, coached by Ruben Amorim, rebounded from their opening-round loss to Benfica with the win.
• Coach Ruben Amorim said Milan played better in previous matches despite the 4-0 win, noting they scored this time.
• Amorim praised Alphadjo Cissè for his hat-trick but said the 19-year-old still needs to develop.
• Amorim said Salzburg could have threatened on at least five occasions had they been more precise.