Diarra: Irish players 'making up stories'

France midfielder Lassana Diarra has accused the Republic of Ireland’s players of “making up stories” following the altercation at the end of the World Cup play-off first leg in Dublin on Saturday night.

France claimed a 1-0 advantage going into tomorrow night’s second leg in Paris after Nicolas Anelka’s fortunate deflected second-half goal settled a tightly-contested encounter.