Viktor Gyokeres and Zeno Debast fired Sporting CP to a 2-0 Champions League win over Lille on Tuesday, after Angel Gomes' sending-off reduced the French side to 10 men. (More Football News)
Sporting created a number of good chances in the first half but were kept at bay by Lille goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier, until Gyokeres latched onto a delightful pass froꦰm Pedro Goncalves to open the scoring in the ♑38th minute.
Two minutes later, Lille were reduced to 10 men when England international Gღomes was shown a second yellow card for tripping Gyokeres, having ea💝rlier been booked for a push on Francisco Trincao.
In the second half, Debast unleashed a superb long-range effort into the top-right corner to sealꦯ victory for the home side.
The Portuguese club are sixth in the early Champions League&nbsꦍp;standings and face PSV in t💦heir next European game on October 1.
Data Debrief: Gomes joins unwanted club
Gomes made a fine impact after being called up by interim England coach Lee Car♛sley for Nations League wins over the Republic of Ireland and Finland 🦩earlier this month.
However, h꧙e was brought back down to earth as his red card proved costly on Tuesday, becoming jus🍸t the fourth Englishman to be sent off while representing a non-English club in the Champions League.
Mark Hateley for Rangers, Paul Gascoigne twice for the same clu🃏b, Matt Derbyshire for Olympiakos and Fikayo Tomori for Milan are the others to do so💧.
