- Adrien Thomasson (17')
- Lebo Mothiba (84')
- Youri Tielemans (90'+1' Pen)
- Samuel Grandsir (66')
New boss Henry sees Monaco slump to 2-1 Strasbourg defeat
Oct 20 (Reuters) - New head coach Thierry Henry saw his AS Monaco side slump to a sixth Ligue 1 defeat in 10 games as they lost 2-1 away to Strasbourg in his first game in charge on Saturday, with Samuel Grandsir sent off in the second half.
Appointed a week ago following the sacking of Leonardo Jardim, Henry took over a side rooted in the relegation zone with six points from their opening nine league games, as well as two Champions League defeats.
As a player Henry spent five years at Monaco, winning the league in 1997, and though the 41-year-old took an assistant coaching role with the Belgian national team in 2016, Saturday's outing marked his first as a head coach.
Monaco were trying to cancel out an Adrien Thomasson header which goalkeeper Seydou Sy fumbled into his own net in the first half when winger Grandsir was shown a straight red for a dangerous challenge on Anthony Goncalves in the 66th minute.
Henry had already had to replace striker Radamel Falcao, who limped off after 37 minutes.
Monaco had a number of chances from set pieces before Strasbourg's Lebo Mothiba chipped over the advancing Sy six minutes from time. Youri Tielemans pulled a consolation goal back for Monaco from the penalty spot in stoppage time.
Earlier Paris St Germain made it a perfect 10 wins out of 10 with a 5-0 hammering of Amiens at the Parc Des Princes, while Lille beat Dijon 2-1 to stay in second place, eight points behind the leaders.
Marseille can climb past Lyon, who beat Nimes 2-0 on Friday night, and go third with a win away to Nice on Sunday evening.
(Reporting by Philip O'Connor; editing by Tony Lawrence)
Game Information
French Ligue 1 Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paris Saint-Germain | 28 | 18 | 9 | 1 | +41 | 63 |
Brest | 29 | 15 | 8 | 6 | +17 | 53 |
AS Monaco | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | +15 | 52 |
Lille | 28 | 13 | 10 | 5 | +17 | 49 |
Nice | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | +6 | 44 |
Lens | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | +6 | 43 |
Lyon | 29 | 12 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 41 |
Stade de Reims | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 40 |
Marseille | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | +8 | 39 |
Stade Rennais | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | +5 | 39 |
Toulouse | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 36 |
Strasbourg | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 36 |
Montpellier | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | -5 | 33 |
Nantes | 29 | 9 | 4 | 16 | -17 | 31 |
Le Havre AC | 29 | 6 | 10 | 13 | -10 | 28 |
Lorient | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | -17 | 26 |
Metz | 29 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -19 | 26 |
Clermont Foot | 29 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -27 | 22 |