Henry’s Monaco dumped out French Cup

Monaco saw their season get ugly with a stun 3-1 home annihilation by Metz in the French Cup on Tuesday.

Thierry Henry's battling realm side, who are winless at home in the class this season and stuck in the best flight's transfer zone, neglected to bob once more from the end of the week's 5-1 whipping by Strasbourg.

A moment's quiet was held before the last-32 diversion for previous Nantes striker Emiliano Sala, who was on board a light air ship that disappeared over the English Channel on Monday night only three days after his turn to Premier League club Cardiff City.

Nantes' container diversion against third-division side Entente Sannois Saint-Gratien was put off from Wednesday until Sunday.

Monaco got off to an ordinarily poor begin at the Stade Louis II, as Gauthier Hein jumped on messy play in the home barrier to twist a sublime left-footed strike into the best corner to give his second-level side a 32nd-minute lead.

Radamel Falcao leveled for the hosts seven minutes after the fact, however Metz reestablished their favorable position soon after the hour-check when Marvin Gakpa topped a fine group move with an incredible drive past goalkeeper Danijel Subasic.

The second half section of Cesc Fabregas as a substitute neglected to move Monaco, as the guests wrapped up triumph with another streaming assault, slicing the hapless home protection to shreds before Ibrahima Niane tapped home.

Somewhere else, Lille, second in Ligue 1, pushed out fourth-level Sete 1-0, while last season's unexpected finalists Les Herbiers bowed out to third-level Villefranche with a 2-0 misfortune.