Gary Neville’s first game ends with embarrassing defeat as Lyon dump out Valencia

Valencia 0 Lyon 2: Gary Neville’s first game in charge of Valencia ended in an embarrassing defeat — with his team humbled 2-0 at home by Lyon to crash out of the Champions League.

Gary Neville’s first game ends with embarrassing defeat as Lyon dump out Valencia

In the former Manchester United player turned TV pundit’s first game as a manager his team were well outplayed by a Lyon team who arrived at Mestalla with nothing to play for.

The Ligue 1 outfit’s teenage winger Maxwel Cornet opened the scoring with a beauty just before half-time, and young centre-forward Alexandre Lacazette made it 2-0 on the break late on.

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