PSG sweat on Neymar and Mbappe as they look past Ligue 1 to Liverpool

Paris Saint-Germain return to Ligue 1 to defend their 100 percent record against struggling Toulouse on Saturday but all eyes in the French capital are on whether star attackers Neymar and Kylian Mbappe will be ready for Liverpool on Wednesday.

The pair were both injured during friendlies in the international break, and are now in a race against time to recover for the Parisians' huge Champions League clash with the Reds at the Parc des Princes.

PSG said on Wednesday that both players would be put under observation for 48 hours after Brazilian Neymar strained a muscle in his groin and France international Mbappe suffered a shoulder contusion in their countries' respective friendly wins over Cameroon and Uruguay.

The French champions are running away with Ligue 1, a full 13 points ahead of their nearest rivals Lille after as many games, and with Toulouse languishing in 15th place coach Thomas Tuchel looks likely to rest both Neymar and Mbappe ahead of the visit of the Group C rivals.

Toulouse coach Alain Casanova was candid about his team's chances in Paris, despite the potential absence of PSG's two star attackers.

The capital club are averaging nearly 3.5 goals a league game and have conceded just seven in their 13 straight wins. Between them Neymar and Mbappe have scored 21 of PSG's 45 goals, with striker Edinson Cavani adding another eight.

But Toulouse haven't won since the start of September and are just three points ahead of third-bottom Dijon, and Casanova seemed in little doubt as to the destination of both the three points this weekend and the league title.

"PSG would win the league easily even without Mbappe and Neymar," said Casanova.

"They already beat Saint-Etienne 4-0 without either of them. We need to be realistic: it's a very difficult task that awaits us and I'm not going to pull the wool over my players' eyes."
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