Lyon thump Maccabi Tel Aviv to go top, Forest keep on winning

(fixes spelling of Corentin in first paragraph)

BACKA TOPOLA, Serbia :Olympique Lyonnais went top of the Europa League standings with a 6-0 victory against Maccabi Tel Aviv with Corentin Tolisso netting a hat-trick, while in-form Nottingham Forest made light work of Malmo in a comfortable 3-0 home win.

Real Betis moved up to fifth with a 2-1 victory over visiting Utrecht and Rangers earned their first point but let a lead slip to draw 1-1 with 10-man Braga.

Lyon are on 12 points, level with second-placed Midtjylland, who lost 2-1 at AS Roma, and Aston Villa, who beat Young Boys by the same scoreline in the earlier games. 

The French side took the lead in the fourth minute with Abner Vinicius tapping in at the back post after Maccabi failed to deal with a ball across the six-yard box at the TSC Arena in Serbia.

Tolisso nodded in a cross floated to the far post to double the lead after 25 minutes and 10 minutes later Moussa Niakhate converted a penalty after Sagiv Jehezkel fouled Pavel Sulc.

Lyon captain Tolisso scored two in quick succession after the break and Adam Karabec wrapped up the win just past the hour mark. Maccabi, who had Jehezkel sent off in added time, are second-bottom with one point.

FOREST FLYING ON ALL FRONTS

Forest manager Sean Dyche made seven changes to the side that started Saturday's 3-0 win in the Premier League at Liverpool, yet the hosts had little trouble against Swedish visitors Malmo who offered very little going forward.

The sides had met in the 1979 European Cup final, won 1-0 by Forest, and at the City Ground on Thursday the hosts strolled to their third consecutive win in all competitions and moved up to 16th in the standings on eight points.

After a rather flat opening, Nikola Milenkovic's