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Lyon 3-2 Eintracht Frankfurt: Visitors suffer first Europa League defeat
In-form Omar Marmoush scored again for Eintracht Frankfurt, but the German side lost 3-2 to Lyon in the Europa League on Thursday.
Eintracht Frankfurt's unbeaten start in the Europa League came to an end as Lyon claimed a 3-2 victory.
Ernest Nuamah's fine 54th-minute effort proved decisive, with Omar Marmoush's late goal ultimately proving a consolation for Eintracht.
Marmoush has been in sensational form this season, but was left on the bench by Dino Toppmoller until after Eintracht were 3-1 down.
Nuamah hammered into the top corner four minutes after Malick Fofana had put Lyon 2-1 up, with those goals coming after Rayan Cherki had cancelled out Ansgar Knauff's opener in the first half.
The victory takes Lyon into fourth place in the standings, one spot above Eintracht.
Data Debrief: First of its kind
Lyon had won just one of their last five home games against German sides in all competitions (D2 L2), but they snapped that run in their first ever meeting with Eintracht, who suffered a first defeat to a French opponent since losing 2-0 to Sochaux in the 1980-81 UEFA Cup.
Marmoush did get his customary goal contribution for the visitors, at least.
He has now been involved in six goals in the Europa League this term (four goals, two assists). The only Egyptian player to be involved in more goals in a single Europa League campaign was Mohamed Salah last season (eight - five goals, three assists).