19 January,2019
Thierry Henry signed his former Arsenal team-mate
Fabregas this month to help Monaco in their
relegation battle
Cesc Fabregas had a home debut to forget for
Monaco as Thierry Henry's side were badly beaten
by Strasbourg.
The midfielder joined the French side from Chelsea
earlier this month and impressed in his first game
for the club - a 1-1 draw at Marseille.
However, Fabregas had a difficult game at the
Stade Louis II with his error leading to Strasbourg's
third goal.
Defeat means Monaco are still without a home
league win this season and second bottom of Ligue
1 with 15 points.
The game got off to a terrible start for the hosts
when Naldo, also making his home league debut,
was sent off in the seventh minute.
The defender was judged - after a VAR review - to
have brought down Ludovic Ajorque as the last
man.
Ajorque opened the scoring for the visitors 5
minutes later with a header before Adrien
Thomasson nodded in a second.
Radamel Falcao gave Monaco hope when he
scored after racing through but Ibrahima Sissoko
restored Strasbourg's two-goal advantage with a
stunning curled finish after Fabregas was
dispossessed in his own box.
Ajorque dribbled through the Monaco defence to
make it 4-1 and although Stefan Mitrovic was sent
off for the visitors, they still managed to add a fifth
through Youssouf Fofana in injury time.
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