From Aaron Cresswell's controversial red card, Moussa Dembele's Cristiano Ronaldo-esque wink and a pitch invader inexplicably running onto the field when the hosts were on the attack, West Ham and Lyon's first leg of their quarter-final certainly did not disappoint.

Despite losing Cresswell to an early bath just before the half-time whistle blew, the 10 men of West Ham managed to strike first through Jarrod Bowen - back from injury with a bang - but Tottenham Hotspur loanee Tanguy Ndombele finished from close range to restore parity for Les Gones.

Peter Bosz's side head into the second leg having just played out another two-goal stalemate in Ligue 1 with surprise package Strasbourg, but that result certainly came at a cost, with no fewer than three integral players being forced off injured at the Stade de la Meinau.

Still waiting for their first taste of success in the Europa League in its current format, Lyon's spot in a semi-final for the first time since 2016-17 is far from guaranteed, but they at least come into the second leg on the back of a five-game unbeaten run, with four of them ending in draws.



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从亚伦·克莱斯维尔备受争议的红牌，穆萨·登贝勒的c罗式的眼色，以及在主队进攻时不可思议地跑进球场的一记进球来看，西汉姆和里昂四分之一决赛的第一回合当然没有让人失望。

尽管在半场哨声吹响前，克莱斯维尔早早就被淘汰出局，西汉姆联队的10人队还是成功地通过受伤的贾罗德·鲍文(Jarrod Bowen)首开纪录，但托特纳姆热刺租借的丹吉·恩多贝勒(Tanguy Ndombele)近距离进球，为莱斯·戈内斯扳平比分。

彼得·博斯的球队刚刚在法甲的斯特拉斯堡上演了又一场两球僵局，但这一结果肯定是有代价的，至少有三名不可或缺的球员在梅瑙球场受伤被迫下场。

仍在等待他们的第一个成功的味道在欧罗巴联赛目前的格式,里昂的现货半决赛以来的第一次2016 - 17远没有保证,但他们至少进入第二回合的场不败,其中四个结局了。