Lee Kang-in made an assist and was denied by the crossbar as Paris Saint-Germain headed into the winter break with a 4-2 win over third-placed Monaco.

The win stretched PSG's lead to 10 points over Marseille and Monaco, with Ligue 1 to resume on January 3.

Korea Republic icon Son Heung-min was replaced by Timo Werner in the 82nd minute in Tottenham Hotspur's 6-3 defeat to Liverpool, who had Japan's Wataru Endo on the bench as an unused substitute.

Daichi Kamada featured for 61 minutes in Crystal Palace's 5-1 loss against Arsenal, with the result leaving them on 16 points and 16th in the standings.

Australia's Cameron Burgess played the full match while Iraqi forward Ali Al Hamadi went on in the second half in Ipswich Town's 4-0 defeat by Newcastle United, with the result leaving them second from bottom on 12 points.

Japan's Kaoru Mitoma played 85 minutes as Brighton settled for a 1-1 draw with West Ham United, with the result leaving them 10th on 25 points.

Yukinari Sugawara came off in the 80th minute in Southampton's goalless draw with Fulham, with the Japanese defender's side firmly rooted at the bottom of the standings on six points.

Korea Republic forward Hwang Hee-chan went on in the 74th minute in Wolves' 3-0 win over Leicester City, with the result moving them up to 12 points - two adrift of safety.

Japanese forward Takuma Asano featured for 69 minutes in Mallorca's 1-0 win against Getafe, with victory moving them up to sixth place on 30 points.

Takefusa Kubo went on in the 64th minute but the Japanese international was unable to prevent Real Sociedad from falling to a 2-0 defeat against Celta Vigo.

The loss left Sociedad on 25 points and in seventh place.

Japan goalkeeper Zion Suzuki's Parma were on the receiving end of a 5-0 defeat against Roma, who had Australian custodian Maty Ryan and Saudi Arabia defender Saud Abdulhamid on the bench.

The result left Parma on 15 points, just one clear of the relegation zone.

Islamic Republic of Iran star Mehdi Taremi made a cameo appearance in Inter MIlan's 2-0 win over Como 1907, with the result taking them to 37 points - three adrift of leaders Atalanta.

Kim Min-jae was on the pitch for 83 minutes in Bayern Munich's 5-1 win against RB Leipzig.

The win took Bayern to 36 points, four ahead of defending champions Bayer Leverkusen.

Ritsu Doan was substituted in the 58th minute as Freiburg suffered a 5-1 defeat against Leverkusen, with the result leaving them in ninth on 24 points.

Japanese midfielder Kaishu Sano played the full match while Lee Ja-sung was replaced by his Korea Republic counterpart Hong Hyeon-seok in the 76th minute as Mainz 05 defeated Eintracht Franfurt 3-1 to move up to third on 27 points, nine behind Bayern.

Shuto Machino scored twice as the Japanese forward's Holstein Kiel cruised to a 5-1 win against Augsburg.

Machino scored Kiel's fourth and fifth goals in the 39th and 90+1 minutes for just their second win of the season which took them to eight points but still very much in the relegation battle.

Australia's Jackson Irvine put in a dominant performance, playing a full match and credited with an assist as St. Pauli recorded a crucial 1-0 victory over VfB Stuttgart, with the result moving them four points clear of the relegation zone in 14th place.

Kou Itakura was a rock as the Japanese defender's Borussia Monchengladbach edged Hoffenheim 2-1 to move up to eighth on 24 points.

Japanese Koki Ogawa scored his side's only goal while Kodai Sano made an appearance from the bench as NEC Nijmegen fell to a 4-1 defeat to Willem II, leaving them on 17 points.

Seiya Maikuma was on the pitch for 76 minutes as AZ Alkmaar edged FC Twente 1-0 to move up to fifth in the standings on 32 points.

Zidane Iqbal's FC Utrecht lost 5-2 to Fortuna Sittard with the Iraqi international playing the entire match.

Japan's Shunsuke Mito was replaced by Camiel Neghli in the 57th minute as Sparta Rotterdam suffered a 1-0 defeat to Ajax.

Islamic Republic of Iran's Alirez Jahanbakhsh was also on the losing side as SC Heerenveen fell to a 3-0 defeat against Almere City FC while Australia's Max Balard played a full game for NAC Breda in a 2-1 loss to Go Ahead Eagles.

Japanese trio Kyogo Furuhashi, Daizen Maeda and Reo Hatate, together with Korea Republic's Yang Hyun-jun, all started as Celtic were held to a surprising goalless draw by Dundee United, who had Australia's Ryan Strain on for the duration of the tie.

The draw took Celtic to 44 points, nine ahead of Rangers, who defeated Dundee FC 1-0.

Australia's Martin Boyle led Hibernian to a 3-1 win over Aberdeen, scoring his first league goal since September and providing two assists.

Fellow Australian Lewis Miller came off the bench in the 51st minute, while Nectarios Triantis played a full game and added to the Aussie impact with an assist.

Kye Rowles and Cameron Devlin both completed full matches as Heart of Midlothian secured a 2-1 win over Livingston.

Apostolos Stamatelopoulos played 85 minutes for Motherwell in a 1-1 draw with Kilmarnock while Josh Nisbet played 69 minutes for Ross County in a 2-1 loss to St Mirren.