Monaco's challenging Ligue 1 season deteriorated further with a 2-1 defeat against last-placed Montpellier, surrendering third place to Lille. Despite early advantage, Monaco's defense faltered in the second half.

Three out of the four Ligue 1 clubs involved in the Champions League have secured their spot for the latter stages of the competition. Lille, Brest and Monaco

Mika s’est montré décisif en offrant le but de l’égalisation à Mohammed Salisu. Il a également essayé d’avoir de l’impact dans cette deuxième période, mais il a joué son dernier match le 11 décembre (contre Lille en Ligue des Champions, ndlr), donc ce n’est pas facile.

Lille warmed up for next week's trip to Liverpool in the Champions League by coming from behind to beat Nice 2-1 on Friday and climb up to third place in Ligue 1 as they capitalised on Monaco's surprise defeat earlier.

PARIS — Monaco's floundering season took another turn for the worse as it lost at rock-bottom Montpellier 2-1 in Ligue 1 and conceded third place to Lille on Friday ... Biereth started in attack for coach Adi Hütter's Monaco, which has won only twice ...

Ligue 1 teams competing in the Champions League on Tuesday night experienced contrasting fortunes in the penultimate games of the group stages. Monaco ended their dismal run of form with a 1-0 win over Aston Villa while Liverpool beat Lille 2-1 to maintain their 100 percent record in the tournament.

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] PARIS (AP) — Lille extended its unbeaten run to 20 matches ... But Biereth was among those to miss in the shootout and Monaco coach Adi Hütter is under pressure after just two wins ...

Mika Biereth’s career resembles that of a journeyman despite him being only 21. When the London-born Danish striker joined Monaco last week it was already his fifth club.

With 13 points each, Brest, Lille and Monaco are certain to not finish lower than 24th in the Champions League standings. Adi Hütter’s Monégasques needed a win this Tuesday against Unai Emery ...

Lille are now four points behind second-placed ... eliminated from the French Cup on penalties by Reims on Tuesday. Adi Huetter's side have won just twice in 11 outings in all competitions.

Monaco's slump in form continued on Friday ahead of their return to Champions League action as the principality club blew a lead to lose 2-1 away to Ligue 1's bottom club Montpellier.

Driven by the desire to lift their heads at home on the occasion of the reception of Aston Villa in the Champions League this Tuesday at the Stade Louis-II (6:45 p.m.), the Monegasque manager spoke