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Radamel Falcao secured Thierry Henry his first win as Monaco boss with a free-kick that would have made his manager proud as Paris Saint-Germain warmed up for Liverpool's visit by strengthening their hold on Ligue 1 with a routine win over Toulouse without Neymar and Kylian Mbappe. The Colombian striker struck with a dipping set-piece nine minutes after the break, and Henry could be be seen smiling on the touchline as his players celebrated Falcao's winner wildly. Falcao's fifth league goal of the campaign secured Monaco's first win in any competition since the opening day of the league season, a miserable run of form that has left them second-bottom in Ligue 1 despite Saturday's win. Earlier on Saturday Uruguay striker Edinson Cavani saved a disjointed performance from runaway leaders PSG to maintain their 100 percent start to the season ahead of the crunch Champions League clash with Liverpool on Wednesday. Neymar and Mbappe were both injured during fr...

Paris Saint-Germain have appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to stop UEFA re-examining its decision to clear the club of breaching Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations. European football's governing body opted to review the investigation in July, having cleared the Ligue 1 champions of contravening FFP a month earlier. PSG, who in 2017 signed Neymar for a world-record €222 million and Kylian Mbappe on an initial loan before making the deal permanent for €180m, raised funds of around €50m through transfers at the request of UEFA to avoid sanctions for the 2015, 2016 and 2017 financial years. Javier Pastore, Yuri Berchiche, Odsonne Eduoard and Jonathan Ikone were all sold by Thomas Tuchel's side in the summer. A statement from CAS read: "The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has registered an appeal filed by the French club Paris Saint-Germain against a decision rendered by UEFA in September 2018. "At the parties' request, the proced...

Paris St Germain manager Thomas Tuchel hailed his side's victory over Lille as their best performance of the season. PSG set a new European record on Friday night by recording their 12th consecutive win since the beginning of the season after Kylian Mbappe and Neymar both struck in a 2-1 win. The Ligue 1 table-toppers now face Napoli in the Champions League next week, and Tuchel believes their victory against Lille - which extends their title lead to 11 points - puts them in the right frame of mind ahead of their trip to Italy. "I think it was our best match this season," Tuchel told  L'Equipe . "It was necessary against this opponent and it will also be necessary on Tuesday night. Napoli have a different style and it will be a big challenge. "The team is confident after this game. It was necessary to play with a lot of quality and we did. It was a wonderful performance. There was a lot of structure, possession of the ball, we closed the space...

Kylian Mbappe scored a spectacular goal and then set up Neymar as runaway French league leader Paris Saint-Germain won at home to second-place Lille 2-1 on Friday. PSG's 12th straight win from the start of the season is a record for the top five European leagues, beating Tottenham's 11 opening wins in 1960 in England. PSG coach Thomas Tuchel picked midfielder Marco Verratti, who was stopped by police this week for driving over the alcohol limit. Verratti helped to create Mbappe's goal in the 70th minute, threading a quick pass to Neymar who then picked out Mbappe's run. The France World Cup star was slightly fortunate as Neymar's pass clipped the leg of a defender and rolled to him, but he finished exquisitely by curling the ball into the bottom right corner from about 20 meters. Even though the 19-year-old Mbappe has played in only seven of PSG's league games, he is already on a league-leading 11 goals. He flicked the ball to Neymar in the 84th, ...