Miserable debut for Henry at Monaco, lose at Strasbourg
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but i want to keep positive despite the negatives otherwise you dont move forward and the positive thing is that we tried to keep playing even with 101 thierry henry suffered defeat in his first match as a head coach when his 10-man monaco side slumped to a 2-1 loss at strasbourg on saturday to drop into the ligue 1 relegation zone1 monaco who were runners-up to psg last season are now 24 points adrift of the reigning champions after they cruised to a 5-0 thrashing of amiens at the parc des princes despite resting several key players1 a dreadful error by monacos third-choice goalkeeper seydou sy gifted strasbourg midfielder adrien thomasson an early opener and substitute samuel grandsir was sent off midway through the second half1 lebo mothiba doubled the advantage and a late youri tielemans penalty was a mere consolation for the 2017 ligue 1 title-winners1 it wasnt easy we tried to put something in place which worked at the beginning and then we conceded that goal that i dont need to describe human error i dont want to wipe the floor with anyone said the 41-year-old henry1 then we tried to change the game and unfortunately sam grandsir is sent off. after that it was even harder1 the principality club have failed to win in 11 games in all competitions since the opening weekend of the french top-flight season and are only above bottom team guingamp on goal difference1 henry a world cup winner and arsenals all-time record goalscorer who started his playing career at monaco made four changes to the team which lost to rennes before the international break with former manchester city and inter milan striker stevan jovetic restored up front1 but his new side got off to the worst possible start as they handed strasbourg a 17th-minute lead1 kenny lalas long ball forward was nodded hopefully towards goal by thomasson but senegalese keeper sy who was only playing due to injures to diego benaglio and danijel subasic comically fumbled the ball over his own line1 a disappointing first half ended poorly for henry and monaco as captain and star striker radamel falcao was forced off injured1 it was proving a miserable debut for henry as just two minutes after being brought on as a substitute grandsir was given a straight red card for catching anthony goncalves in the hip with a high boot with the strasbourg winger collapsing to the ground holding his face1 as the visitors pushed for an equaliser they were hit on the counter-attack in the 84th minute as south african international mothiba raced clear before a cute lob gave him his seventh goal of the season for club and country1 tielemans pulled one back with an injury-time spot-kick after moussa sylla was brought down in the area but it proved too little too late1