Thierry Henry's First Match As Monaco Manager Ends In Defeat

Thierry Henry's dream start to his managerial career with Monaco fell flat after his side suffered a 2-1 defeat to Strasbourg.

Adrien Thomasson opened the scoring for Strasbourg thanks to Seydou Sy's howler.

It only became worse for the newly appointed Monaco manager when he subbed off Stevan Jovetić for Samuel Grandsir in the second-half, which proved to be a costly move when the 22-year-old substitute was sent off two minutes later.

Lebo Mothiba doubled Strasbourg's lead towards the end of the match, while Monaco's Youri Tielemans found the back of the net from the spot kick in injury time.

Monaco are now sitting firmly in the relegation zone and have only six points from their opening 10 matches, suffering six defeats and winning only once in Ligue 1 this season.

Last week, it emerged that the French club would appoint the Arsenal legend after the sacking of former boss Leonardo Jardim.

Following on from early reports, the 41-year-old Frenchman was confirmed as manager of the struggling Monaco side.

The former assistant coach of Belgium, who signed a three-year deal with Monaco, already revealed that Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola would be an important reference for him as a manager.

"Pep is the reference for me," he said (via BBC Sport). "The invention he had in the game; he's well ahead of the game.

"There's no right or wrong; that's the reference for me. I re-learned how to play the game when I went to Barcelona under him.

"With Pep you can talk about the game; he will not even go to sleep and will still talk about the game, you will fall asleep and he's still talking.

"You learn from people; they inspire you. But you also need to put your own little mix in it."

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