Penalty spat won’t change Emery’s thinking

– Paris St-Germain coach Unai Emery has refused to name his first-choice penalty-taker after Neymar and Edinson Cavani’s apparent falling-out against Lyon last week.

The Ligue 1 leaders travel to Montpellier today looking to make it seven straight wins after smashing spending records in the summer to compile a fearsome front line of Neymar, Cavani and Kylian Mbappe.

But the South American pair disagreed over who should take a penalty in the 2-0 win over Lyon, before Cavani (right) saw his effort saved by Anthony Lopes, with Neymar appearing to walk away shaking his head in disgust.

“The two players who will be taking the penalties are Cavani and Neymar,” Emery told a press conference this week.

PSG have been in irresistible form and lead champions Monaco by three points at the top.

However, Emery may opt to make some changes for the trip to Montpellier with Wednesday’s Champions League clash against Bayern Munich in mind.

Monaco kicked off the weekend action with a trip to Marcelo Bielsa’s struggling Lille last night.

Leonardo Jardim’s principality outfit bounced back from a shock 4-0 thrashing at Nice by seeing off Strasbourg 3-0 last week, with Radamel Falcao’s brace taking him to nine league goals.

Monaco welcome Porto to the Stade Louis II in the Champions League on Tuesday, but Jardim ruled out wholesale changes.

“My message doesn’t change: the next match is the most important,” he said.

But Lille have had a terrible start to the season and are on a five-match winless run since beating Nantes in their opening game.

The Argentinian coach abruptly resigned as Marseille coach af- ter their first game of the season in 2015, but vehemently insisted there would be no repeat at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy.

“I will not resign, I will not give up for any reason,” the enigmatic Bielsa said.

Tomorrow, Marseille host Toulouse hoping to build on back-toback wins over Amiens last weekend and against Konyaspor in the Europa League.

OM though have been charged by Uefa for crowd trouble during the 1-0 victory in their group-stage opener, after objects were thrown on the pitch and fireworks were let off in the stands. – AFP