It gets worse for Henry and embattled side

– Thierry Henry’s disastrous start as coach of Monaco continued on Sunday as Edinson Cavani’s (right) VAR-assisted hattrick helped Paris Saint-Germain to an easy 4-0 win that saw them extend their perfect record in Ligue 1 this season.

Neymar netted a penalty to complete PSG’s victory, as they made it 13 wins from 13 league games under Thomas Tuchel, further stretching their start to the season that is a record in France and in Europe’s big five leagues.

The result came after a week marred by revelations from French investigative website Me-

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diapart that youth scouts at PSG had subjected potential signings to racial profiling for several years.

But while they go 13 points clear of second-placed Lille at the Ligue 1 summit, the club who have been their main challengers continued their deeply worrying slump, with Henry again left to look on helplessly from the touchline.

Champions in 2017, Monaco are in the relegation zone and five points away from outright safety having failed to win in six matches in all competitions since the Arsenal and France great took charge.

The principality side have now gone 16 games without a win, with this result following a 4-0 home reverse against Club Brugge which knocked them out of the Champions League.

They are on their worst run in France’s top flight in 32 years, at a time when Football Leaks claims about their Financial Fair Play (FFP) breaches and the arrest of their Russian billionaire owner Dmitry Rybolovlev on corruption charges have cast a further shadow over the club.

Henry has picked up a squad who have been cursed by injuries, and here he was missing a dozen players due either to injury or suspension at kick-off.

Belgian international Nacer Chadli lasted just 20 minutes before coming off hurt, and his replacement Jordi Mboula pulled up with a hamstring injury at the start of the second half.

The average age of his bench was under 19, while his starting line-up featured a 17-year-old debutant in defender Benoit Badiashile. It was little wonder, then, that PSG – themselves showing six changes following their Champions League draw at Napoli – found the going so easy. –