DAICHI KAMADA’S LAST-gasp leveller salvaged a Europa League draw for Crystal Palace against Hoffenheim after Adam Wharton was sent off in the second half at Selhurst Park.
Alexander Prass opened the scoring when his effort squeezed under Dean Henderson in the seventh minute of the contest, and Palace could not find a reply.
Wharton was dismissed in the 77th minute in south London, 19 minutes after he was first booked following an aerial challenge.
Just as it looked like the already under-pressure Pierre Sage was heading for another defeat, Kamada found the back of the net in second-half stoppage time.
Crystal Palace's Daichi Kamada. Alamy Stock Photo
Bournemouth extended their winning run to seven matches as Evanilson’s wonderful late goal helped earn a 3-1 win away to 10-man Sparta Prague.
Marco Rose’s side have enjoyed a dream start to the club’s debut European season, and they will be confident of securing direct passage to the last 16 after making it four victories from four, but they were made to work hard for the points in the Czech capital.
They went behind in the first half to a piece of individual brilliance by Gambian forward Ebrima Singhateh, minutes after Lewis Cook had spurned the chance to give them the lead when his penalty struck a post.
But Tobias Guddal let his team down badly when he picked up a second yellow card within two minutes of his side taking the lead.
Bournemouth had not conceded a goal on their six-game winning streak, and they responded to the setback of falling behind by punishing Guddal’s error, levelling in the 57th minute when Tyler Adams smashed a loose ball into the bottom corner.
From then on there looked like being only one winner. Evanilson’s 81st-minute effort, finished low across the goalkeeper, put them in front before Rayan added gloss with a third at the death.
Sunderland’s unbeaten run in the Europa League came to an end as they were beaten 2-0 by Dinamo Zagreb at the Stadium of Light.
Dinamo went ahead through Luka Stojkovic’s fierce strike and the midfielder turned provider for Dion Drena Beljo to double their advantage before the break.
Sunderland had opportunities to get back into it as Wilson Isidor’s header was chalked off for offside two minutes after the restart and Kevin Danso hit the crossbar before Brian Brobbey went close.
However, Regis Le Bris’ side ultimately fell to their first defeat in four Europa League matches to continue a worrying run of form, with the club bottom of the Premier League.
Malick Yalcouye fired Premier League high-flyers Brighton to a 1-0 win in their Conference League clash with Getafe in Madrid.
The Ivory Coast international scored his fourth goal of the season to break the deadlock in a hard-fought encounter.
Yalcouye scored at the real Stamford Bridge earlier this season but while that match ended in a 4-3 defeat to Chelsea, this time he was able to savour Brighton’s second victory in Europe this term.
The Seagulls are now the only team not to concede a goal in the Conference League so far and their seven points from three matches leaves them fifth in the table.
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DAICHI KAMADA’S LAST-gasp leveller salvaged a Europa League draw for Crystal Palace against Hoffenheim after Adam Wharton was sent off in the second half at Selhurst Park.
Alexander Prass opened the scoring when his effort squeezed under Dean Henderson in the seventh minute of the contest, and Palace could not find a reply.
Wharton was dismissed in the 77th minute in south London, 19 minutes after he was first booked following an aerial challenge.
Just as it looked like the already under-pressure Pierre Sage was heading for another defeat, Kamada found the back of the net in second-half stoppage time.
Bournemouth extended their winning run to seven matches as Evanilson’s wonderful late goal helped earn a 3-1 win away to 10-man Sparta Prague.
Marco Rose’s side have enjoyed a dream start to the club’s debut European season, and they will be confident of securing direct passage to the last 16 after making it four victories from four, but they were made to work hard for the points in the Czech capital.
They went behind in the first half to a piece of individual brilliance by Gambian forward Ebrima Singhateh, minutes after Lewis Cook had spurned the chance to give them the lead when his penalty struck a post.
But Tobias Guddal let his team down badly when he picked up a second yellow card within two minutes of his side taking the lead.
Bournemouth had not conceded a goal on their six-game winning streak, and they responded to the setback of falling behind by punishing Guddal’s error, levelling in the 57th minute when Tyler Adams smashed a loose ball into the bottom corner.
From then on there looked like being only one winner. Evanilson’s 81st-minute effort, finished low across the goalkeeper, put them in front before Rayan added gloss with a third at the death.
Sunderland’s unbeaten run in the Europa League came to an end as they were beaten 2-0 by Dinamo Zagreb at the Stadium of Light.
Dinamo went ahead through Luka Stojkovic’s fierce strike and the midfielder turned provider for Dion Drena Beljo to double their advantage before the break.
Sunderland had opportunities to get back into it as Wilson Isidor’s header was chalked off for offside two minutes after the restart and Kevin Danso hit the crossbar before Brian Brobbey went close.
However, Regis Le Bris’ side ultimately fell to their first defeat in four Europa League matches to continue a worrying run of form, with the club bottom of the Premier League.
Malick Yalcouye fired Premier League high-flyers Brighton to a 1-0 win in their Conference League clash with Getafe in Madrid.
The Ivory Coast international scored his fourth goal of the season to break the deadlock in a hard-fought encounter.
Yalcouye scored at the real Stamford Bridge earlier this season but while that match ended in a 4-3 defeat to Chelsea, this time he was able to savour Brighton’s second victory in Europe this term.
The Seagulls are now the only team not to concede a goal in the Conference League so far and their seven points from three matches leaves them fifth in the table.
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