Wenger kommenterar Leeds-matchen, men framför allt Henry
Henrys glädje sade allt. han var glad att vara tillbaka och till skillnad från Micke Renbergs pinsamma "Får jag en kram, Chris?" under JVM-Hockey, så kändes kramen mellan Wenger och Henry ända till de östgötska vidderna och på bänken knöt Wenger näven, tänkte på Robin van Persie som var i Dubai med familjen (kan rekommenderas- varmt och skönt) och säg Aston Villa närma sig.
Fransmannen - dvs Wenger - var fantastiskt nöjd efteråt när han sammanfattade matchen och Henrys insats. Han sade att han inte gav honom så mycket direktiv än att han skulle gå centralt. "For the rest, you don't need to tell him too much. He has seen it all and done it all. You could see when he came on he had a presence on the pitch and if we could find him, he would be dangerous. He was sharp physically. He was already a legend here and now has added a bit more to the story."
Han var inte överraskad över att den gamle och havet var redo. Wenger skulle naturligtvis inte använt honom annars. "He is a special player. What is good for the young players at the club is that a guy who has done it all comes and prepares 100 per cent, warms up, is focused and motivated, and comes on with an immense desire to do well." Vår tränare menar att TH12 naturligtvis känner en press att prestera som alla andra att prestera.
Sedan kommer diskussionen om beslutet att släppa Henry 2007. "You can accuse me of many things, but not that I kicked Henry out, because he wanted to go. I explained that many times. I was always happy to get him back. Thierry is a guy who is very focussed, intelligent and very planned. In his head, it was always Barcelona, then the States. That is what he did."
Sedan tar vi målet. Wenger menar att det var lite som en saga att se målet. Men när han väl fick läget så tänkte fransmannen"... 'oh, that's your angle' but it was a bit too close. That's where he surprised me. He still didn't force the shot, he still made it look easy, where I would have expected him to take a very strong inside shot. He made it just look easy. At the start I thought he was too much on the left but he had that special finishing that he has shown tonight. That was the Henry finishing."
Huruvida van Persie och Henry kan spela ihop återstår att se. Båda spelarna kan spela centralt och på kanterna. "They can play together, of course, and they did play together."
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