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A controversial penalty five minutes from time saw Celtic beaten in Lyon and dumped out of the Champions League. Celtic twice came back from behind with goals from John Hartson and Chris Sutton but were left broken-hearted when referee Urs Meier harshly ruled that Bobo Balde had handled the ball in his own area.
With just six minutes gone, Celtic found themselves trailing when a wonderful free-kick from Juninho struck the bar and bounced out to Elber, who had the simple task of heading the ball into an empty net. Hedman had dived in a bid to stop the initial strike and the Celtic defence were static as the Brazilian striker followed in to score.
Hartson warmed the hands of Lyon keeper Gregory Coupet with a long range effort as play raged from end to end in a thrilling opening.
And the big Welshman levelled the score after 24 minutes when he was on hand to tuck away the rebound after Coupet had come out to block a shot from Larsson, who had slipped in behind the French defence.
The French champions started the second half with a whirlwind of attacks and Celtic fell behind again after 52 minutes when Juninho's swerving shot from 30 yards beat the wrong-footed Hedman.
Sylla played a major part in the Celtic's second equaliser when he harried full-back Jeremie Berthod, who cannoned a clearance off his opponent and into the path of Sutton - allowing the Englishman to slip the ball home from 10 yards.
Lyon laid siege to the Celtic goal and in the 85th minute Balde was penalised when the ball appeared to brush the underside of his arm. Juninho coolly slammed the ball past Hedman to leave Celtic and their large following devastated.

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Lyon:-
Coupet, Edmilson, Berthod (Carriere 76), Reveillere, Cacapa, Diarra, Juninho (Muller 89), Malouda, Govou, Luyindula, Elber (Dhorasoo 87).

Subs Not Used:- Vercoutre, Deflandre, Essien, Viale.

Goals:- Elber 5, Juninho 53, Juninho 85.



Celtic:-
Hedman, Varga, Mjallby, Balde, Gray (Wallace 68), Lennon, Miller, Petrov, Sutton (Kennedy 80), Hartson (Sylla 68), Larsson.

Subs Not Used:- Douglas, Lambert, Maloney, Crainey.

Goals:- Hartson 22, Sutton 75.

Booked:- Lennon, Hartson, Balde.

Attendance:- 40,125

Referee:- Urs Meier (Switzerland).

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