Henry upbeat despite loss

A "positive" Thierry Henry suffered defeat in his first match as 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 zone.

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 difference.

"It wasn't easy, we tried to put something in place which worked at the beginning, and then we conceded that goal that I don't need to describe... Human error, I don't want to wipe the floor with anyone," said the 41-year-old Henry.

“I want to keep positive despite the negatives... The game could have turned in our favour, but it didn't. In addition, we lost [Radamel] Falcao at the beginning. It wasn't the dream scenario."