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Monaco collect first point under new manager Henry

Soccer Football - Champions League - Group Stage - Group A - Club Brugge v AS Monaco - Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium - October 24, 2018 AS Monaco team group the match REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

BRUGGE, Belgium (Reuters) - Monaco earned the first point of their disappointing Champions League campaign on Wednesday in their first European outing under Thierry Henry but their 1-1 draw at Club Brugge still left both sides with little chance of making the knockout stages.

Both Monaco, semi-finallists just two seasons ago, and their Belgian opponents face missing out on the top two places in Group A, having both previously lost to Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund in their opening two games.

In former French international Henry's second match in charge, the Ligue 1 outfit at least halted their run of five straight defeats but they have now gone 12 games without victory since a win at Nantes on the French league season's opening day.

Soccer Football - Champions League - Group Stage - Group A - Club Brugge v AS Monaco - Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium - October 24, 2018 AS Monaco's Sofiane Diop receives instructions from coach Thierry Henry during the match REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

Struggling Monaco opened the scoring through 18-year-old Moussa Sylla after a 31st minute counter-attack set up by Russian international Aleksandr Golovin's surging run.

But the lead lasted only eight minutes before Brugge's Brazilian centre forward Wesley equalised with a header from Hans Vanaken's cross, catching debutant goalkeeper Loic Badiashile out of position.

The 20-year-old was Monaco's fourth goalkeeper in as many matches as the club battle with an injury crisis, heightened after midfielder Stevan Jovetic limped off after just nine minutes with a suspected groin injury.

Soccer Football - Champions League - Group Stage - Group A - Club Brugge v AS Monaco - Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium - October 24, 2018 AS Monaco's Loic Badiashile in action REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

Brugge goalkeeper Karlo Letica made a point-blank stop from Golovin in the 72nd minute to keep the score level before the home side's 18-year-old substitute Lois Openda missed a sitter with virtually the last touch of the match

The two clubs meet again in Monaco on Nov. 6 in their next group game where a place in the Europa League early next year is likely to be at stake.

Soccer Football - Champions League - Group Stage - Group A - Club Brugge v AS Monaco - Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium - October 24, 2018 Club Brugge's Ruud Vormer in action with AS Monaco's Nacer Chadli REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

(Reporting by Mark Gleeson; Editing by Ian Chadband)

Soccer Football - Champions League - Group Stage - Group A - Club Brugge v AS Monaco - Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium - October 24, 2018 Club Brugge's Ruud Vormer in action with AS Monaco's Jemerson REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
Soccer Football - Champions League - Group Stage - Group A - Club Brugge v AS Monaco - Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium - October 24, 2018 Club Brugge's Wesley celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
Soccer Football - Champions League - Group Stage - Group A - Club Brugge v AS Monaco - Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium - October 24, 2018 AS Monaco's Youri Tielemans in action with Club Brugge's Hans Vanaken REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
Soccer Football - Champions League - Group Stage - Group A - Club Brugge v AS Monaco - Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium - October 24, 2018 AS Monaco's Loic Badiashile during the match REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
Soccer Football - Champions League - Group Stage - Group A - Club Brugge v AS Monaco - Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium - October 24, 2018 Club Brugge's Ruud Vormer celebrates after teammate Wesley scores their first goal REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
Soccer Football - Champions League - Group Stage - Group A - Club Brugge v AS Monaco - Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium - October 24, 2018 AS Monaco's Moussa Sylla in action with Club Brugge's Stefano Denswil REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
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