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Watch: Salah blows past Lyon for vital away goal

Reuters / Emmanuel Foudrot

One minute a hero, the next minute a villain.

Not long after Lyon defender Mouctar Diakhaby bundled home the opening goal in Thursday's Europa League match against Roma, the 20-year-old Frenchman misjudged a bouncing ball and allowed the fleet-footed Mohamed Salah to strike back.

The Egyptian flicked on the turbos and threaded a perfect shot through the legs of onrushing goalkeeper Anthony Lopes to initially level the last-16 first leg.

It's just the latest evidence of Salah's importance to the Roma cause:

Federico Fazio headed in the Giallorossi's second away goal at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais, but an eventual 4-2 loss to the French side means they still have a lot of work to do.

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