PSG break 58-year-old record

Paris St-Germain broke Tottenham’s 58-year-old European record as they beat Lille 2-1 to make it 12 consecutive wins at the start of the Ligue 1 season. The previous record for a winning start in Europe’s top five leagues was Spurs’ 11-match run in 1960-61. Kylian Mbappe scored the first goal with a curled 25-yard effort - his 13th goal in 11 games this season. Neymar added a second with a deflected shot, with Nicolas Pepe scoring an injury-time consolation penalty. French champions Paris St-Germain are now 11 points above second-placed Lille at the top of the table.

Meanwhile, Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says now that Anthony Martial is “much closer to being a top player” that he “would like him to stay” at the club.

The France striker’s agent claimed last summer that Martial wanted to leave the Old Trafford club. His contract runs out next summer and United have the option to extend it by another season.

“I know the club wants him very much to stay, so hopefully he is going to stay,” said Mourinho.

Martial, who scored 11 goals in 45 appearances last season, missed out on a place in France’s 2018 World Cup-winning squad. He has four goals in his last four games for United, having started each match.

“One thing is that he’s a talented player that everybody knows he is - since he was in Monaco, everybody knows he was a talented player,” added Mourinho.