Coming from a Chelsea fan since 1995: Thierry Henry is the greatest ever Premier League player. Nobody scored the kind goals he did. Nobody was as terrifying to defenders as him. He scored plenty, he assisted plenty, he was faster than anyone around, he could score solo goals, long range goals, free kicks. He had it all. He was the one player I genuinely feared whenever Chelsea played. No other player or club ever gave me that feeling.
@@dineshgohram3246 Let me know when he scores a goal like this: ua-cam.com/video/8iBMW1wThlU/v-deo.html Or this: ua-cam.com/video/7NryZDUog2Y/v-deo.html Or this: ua-cam.com/video/tUh5jG9Ev4o/v-deo.html Then we'll have that conversation
Been a United fan since 1994, had a season ticket for years, watched all the greats. Henry was the best, bar none. The best player to play in the PL, ever.
I was at that Arsenal v Man U game when Henry did the chip and volley. There was a second of silence because no one could believe it had gone in. The shock on Fergusons face was priceless.
@@LoftusBlake agree Ronaldinho too, both were always egar to show arrogance through their skills to opponents, something like- stay aside bitch..I'm a class apart 😂😂
@@LoftusBlake indeed, Ronaldinho makes Henry look like a 10 year old.. Plenty of other good strikers I'd rate above Henry in terms of swagger also. Henry was good, but his technically skills weren't the best. Even Haaland on the picture here has about the same technique. But both excel at other parts of the striker role.
Coming from an LFC fan, HENRY was possibly the best player I watched in EPL. He absolutely pisses all over HAALAND, MBAPPE, KANE etc (even SALAH). An absolute belter of a player.
He was on the podium a few times, I realise not quite the same but... Maybe this is because he stuck with Arsenal for too long, I think the same with Bergkamp.. they did win some titles in England but they weren't winning European trophies and were mostly 2nd best to either Utd or Chelsea. Bergkamp never won a tournament with Holland and the 2 Henry won with France happened before he became the incredible player he was. When he signed for Barcelona he was 30, the players there all said he was a player who should've joined them years before then. For 3 or 4 years at Arsenal he was the best striker in the world at the time without question. If he'd been in any of the AC Milan, Real Madrid, or Barcelona teams during that phase, say from 2001-2005... he would've won the champions league during his peak years and been the main man upfront. When he did eventually win it he was a strong member of the Barcelona team but he'd lost a little pace at almost 32years old, and although it was more about the team and that tiki taka they were famous for - Messi was the main man by that point. I'm not sure if it was just the low camera angle at Highbury because it wasn't a big stadium, or if the pitch was that big either... but he performed on the big stages where the pitch is massive and there's extra room for fast players to really make use of their speed. Hattrick away to Roma in the studio olímpico, ran through Real Madrid's "Galácticos" at the Bernabéu, 2 goals against Inter Milan at the San Siro in a 1-5 away win... Arsenal losing the reverse fixture 0-3 at Highbury supports my point even further. In fact it's a similar story for all these ties. Arsenal did better playing away than they did at Highbury and that was hugely down to Henry and his pace.
That kit was fire 🔥 sad to look at arsenal now they used to be so good but I guess it's the end of an era I don't think they will ever be back to win the league maybe in the next 20 year's. But the reputation of the club changed it's going down hill all of that cause of poor management and players that are very bad.
Unlike the rest of society, teams aren’t there to make you feel better. Arsenal is not a fucking boy band. Suck it up and learn what “support” means. You might learn something bigger about life.
As an Arsenal fan watching Henry everytime get the feeling taht he has underachieved. What a player nobody will ever come close to him. To think that he scored 30 goals and assisted 20 in a season is astounding. Can't imagine anyone like him. For all of Ronaldo and Messi I would never give up Henry for them. Always Henry who would just drag the team out of slumber. Miss you so much
We Arsenal fans are blessed, fortunate and very lucky to have seen this man do the things he did on that wonderful old Highbury Pitch. My greatest regret was never being able to actually go and watch that awesome Invincible team live. Thierry Henry. Greatest ever Premier League Striker. Arsenal's Greatest Ever Striker. Majestic, Powerful, Graceful, fast, strong, skillful and charismatic. A true Legend.
Too many people keed saying Henry is most complete striker that statement is wrong although it sounds good. Thierry Henry is the most complete footballer in history. Can do everything with and without the ball and can play all positions on the pitch
R9 can be the complete striker all he wants but titi is the definition of a complete footballer and has so much more than phenomenon. Phenomenon is comparable to him but he is a better footballer
The player that made me fall in love with the sport. I'll never forget how it felt watching him play week in week out as a 10 year old - it was like electricity through my veins. God bless you King Thierry Henry
Man, I count myself so lucky to have grown up watching players as great as Henry ... you just don't get players with the pace, skill, composure and pure magic like him anymore.
As a Liverpool fan, I remember only too well when he turned Carragher inside out dumping him on his ass haha. For me, Henry was the best player I've seen week in, week out in the English game. The lad would literally glide around the pitch while the others, in contrast, looked like they were running through sand
As a Chelsea fan, I saw a really young Thierry Henry do that to freaking Marcel Desailly! They won either 2-1 or 2-0 and Henry scored both. In one of the goals he completely destroyed Desailly
3:05 is an absolute violation. The opponent just giving up afterwards, hands on hips with the whole crowd cheering and laughing at him. Extraordinary talent.
he still hasn't gotten over it to this day it's danny mills. Says weird stuff about Henry on talk shows now. it's the same guy getting mugged off at 10:18, lol, still prolly has nightmares
We'll come back as invincible as Liverpool one day,oh wait,I mean just like back we're on top of the PL in 0304,once a legend club always a legend club
As I was watching this video I'm thinking to myself Henry is the reason I support Arsenal its been such a honor to watch him even tho it was only on tv
Genuinely, there was a period of time where whenever my team, Liverpool, played Arsenal I was scared for them because of this guy. No other player has done that to me, he was unplayable and an utter joy to watch.
@@acedup00 r9 played in slightly better teams for club and country.. hence more a few more trophies. Their goal count isn’t too far apart and it’s hard to compare as they played in different leagues. But I’m talking about what they could do on the pitch, r9 could dribble better but I think Henry had more. And he was a leader. I wouldn’t want to call it but I guarantee most ppl have more nostalgia towards r9 because he burst onto the scene.. he was so good at 20. Ppl love madrid, Barca, Brazil.. lots of bias towards him but I think Henry just as good
@@acedup00 read again.. said r9 was the better dribbler. ‘Not in the same realm’ is an emotional biased statement, of course they are, they were the best of their time. You realise Henry was wanted by Real Madrid and Barcelona but wanted to stay at Arsenal. R9 peaked at a young age, in their mid-late 20’s Henry was clear, no doubt about it. When they faced each other in the champions league it was obvious who the better player was. It’s a shame about r9’s injuries
As a Manchester United fan I was terrified of Henry when I was a kid. Pretty much everybody who wasn’t an Arsenal fan feared the day their team had to face Arsenal while Henry was on the pitch. Best striker in the history of the premier league
Man United fan since 1996.... Monsieur Thierry Henry is the greatest foreign footballer... scratch that...the greatest footballer ever to play football in England...concerning skill ....output of goals and assists and skill and raw talent ...hands down he is the best ever ....sad but true ....no hard feelings when admitting the presence of greatness
I still remember the day Henry left Arsenal, I literally cried for days, I felt like I lost someone. Henry himself wouldn't Understand, where I'm from, we call him Arsenal god. Literally, Arsenal was nothing without him, I saw him in my dreams then, I was angry at him why he left Arsenal, he made me so sad, I had to start watching Barcelona because of him, thankfully I saw Messi from there. Henry is a once in a lifetime player, we won't see anything like this again. He has one of the neatest finish you'd ever see. He's made his mark and would be missed.
Looking at how tough the game was back then and referees showing no mercy whatsoever, Henry was a true marksman. I think Arsenal should bring him in as a striker trainer or whatever
Yea, they play 10-15 lucky games in a season, get the media to hype them by calling them next zidane, next Ronaldo, next Ronaldinho, a big club that doesn't know talent buys them(arsenal, Barcelona, etc)., they make money, and they show their true bang average colours..
CR7 and Messi obviously stack up and exceed (ironically they are from Henry's generation). However and this is no hate someone like Neymar to me is nowhere close to the Brazil greats of that era. R9, Ronaldinho, Roberto Carlos, Kaka (prime) all exceed him easily to me. That said players today have a LOT more longevity. Their fitness levels are just insane to me.
But yeah you could list 50 players from that era that arguably would make someone like Jack Grealish (a 100m signing) seem just ok. Imagine someone like Pirlo or even David Silva being compared to Grealish. No contest who is better. Neither of those guys ever came close to level of hype he has. Hell even Beckham who was similarly overhyped by england names Grealish seem pedestrian. Football had a golden era in the 90s and 00s. Your comment kinda just opened my eyes to this honestly. Messi and Ronaldo are relics of the 00s and are still best in the world. It speaks to their greatness but also to the dropoff in raw talent.
@@christianc750 yet he is a far far better than kaka (prime). More talented, more complete, more skillful and smarter. He is at the same level as R9 and R10 in terms of talent and level. His LDC stats proves it, his brazil stats proves it, the pitch proves it. His legacy will probably never be as great as their legacy but he was also playing in Ronaldo/Messi era. He was/is considered the 3th best player in the world for most of his career.
@@christianc750 And you can list more than 50 now that would make Grealish seem just ok 🙈 transfers of players from the PL to the PL are usually way overpriced. Generally players are getting better and better
I mean let's be honest Haaland is still young, but totally different type of striker! Mbappe has similar style to Henry, amazing dribbler can score different goals and creative! But for now only R9 and Suarez are as good as Henry in history of football!!! Maybe ibrahimovic is up there too!
Its stupid to put henry against halaand when halaands career just started and btw after its all said and done i believe halaand has so many goals we would puke if we knew right now he so good but if he rly gonna do henry numbers he need to be consistent like henry, ronaldo etc
@@prinsreintje yeah not like he aint one of the biggest premier league legend.. i remember being kid and watchin livescore everytime arsenal scored it was henry it was ridicilious
Such a unique player man... In his peak years (2002-2005) he was able to outscore his competitors (Shevchenko, Raul, Van Nisterooy, Trezeguet,...) AND be the main creator/ assist provider / dribbler in his team. Nobody came close to this level of excellence until a certain Leo Messi.
Players of his generation grew up on the streets, they practiced that since they were 5 and it came to them naturally. This generation is being developed in billion dollars facilities. It will never be the same. Not even close.
Dammit I miss him. He was so great to watch. His cheek and swagger always brought a smile. Then the Return of the King against Leeds and THAT goal made me cry with joy.
Henry had elegance in his play. R9 used to walk in goals. 21% of his career goals are just going around the goalkeeper and make them sit down. What he did at Serie A going up against Nesta, Maldini, Desailly, Thuram, Cannavaro, Costacurta, Seedorf etc. is unthinkable. I love Henry but in my opinion - R9 is GOAT.
Henry was something else he had everything speed ,strength , power , skill these striker today only got one thing one trick ponies that why they always get injured because there opponents alway know what they gone do before there even get the ball at there feet
He only had some back injury in his last season for Arsenal, missed half of that season. Before that he was basically never injured, playing around 50 games every season on elite level.
I remember a comment he made about always playing with niggles.... Never being 100%. I think he made the comment around the time Daniel Sturridge was pretty big but always missing games due to niggles. So yeah, just shows you the desire he had... imagine playing a prime Henry at 100% 🤯
He Never had an injury throughout his Arsenal career because he was disciplined especially off the field as regards nightlife and women something most present day footballers lack and is killing their Longevity and stamina go ask Neymar,Ronaldinho,Hazard,bale,babayaro,etal
Thierry Henry and Ronaldinho are by far my favorite living football legends, they are the reason I fell in love with football in the first place, they are part of my childhood... Henry should have won at least one or two ballon d'or in the 2003 and 2004 seasons, he was so unique and underrated back then, he was almost unstoppable and genuinely a very good all-rounder authentic player.
Footballers on a whole were much more skillful in this era than they are today. Much more emphasis on physical rather than technical attributes, and much more emphasis on 'strategy' as opposed to just going out there and expressing their selves.
Yeah, aside from anything else, the spectacle is a whole lot duller now. Far fewer unique players innovating in the pitch. It's just an ever finer tuning of systems and players fitting the roles of that system better now. Nerdball.
Damn, I’ve watched this guy play for years and it’s only just occurred to me that he did a loooot of things in a very very Bergkampesque way, his shooting, how he skins players with that tight flick turn and especially how he brings the ball down, signature Dennis Bergkamp!!
Lifelong Liverpool fan but I still get the chills every time I watch Henry on the ball, easily one of if not the best PL player, he had it all and made it look like he was versing children week in week out, incredible stuff
He was the one who made me fall in love with the beautiful game. Can't get bored of watching old footage. The pace, the strength and the cheeky moves..he was the total package.
He had an answer to every situation he was in, and it was rarely not carried with style and grace. Having not seen so many clips in one reel b4 I noted a couple of things. The ball at times was an extension of his foot, virtually glued to it. The other is the speed with which he controls then instantly shoots. Its almost one movement and you can see it catches many keepers off guard. His 5 metre acceleration was breathtaking.
Woooow this is absolutely ineffable breathtaking, he was a phenomenal football player, now days players make millions of dollars and zero skills, their games all about diving, cheating, faking cheap fouls falling down complaining to referees, they lay on their backs more than they stand on their heels.
Rightly said, even if we consider tackles attempts in this video most of the Today's 'greats' will try to get fouled ane book the opponent...some of them might have end up in infirmary 😂
Haaland is a beast but he's so over hyped by social media imagine players like Henry in this era of socials....... Especially the pl now that tends to hype up their players
I'm quite biased as I started watching football in 2010 but I think that Haaland has the potential to be a better forward than Henry, considering what they've archived at 21 both individually and with their teams. I'm not denying that Henry was one of the best center forwards that the world has ever seen or that Haaland will be better -injuries or him loosing his drive to be the best might affect him quite negatively- but if things go as you'd expect I wouldn't be surprised if Haaland ends up being considered a better forward than Henry by most football fans after he retires
@@aurapris9591 haaland is a finisher nothing more.... Henry had it all and he's more complete... I'm not talking about accomplishments I'm talking about players quality..... Don't get me wrong haaland is a beast but I don't see how he's gonna on Henry level.... Like I said haaland is way over hyped
@@stefanosalariace Haaland isn't only a finisher, he has an amazing hold up play, speed, ball progression and a more than decent passing, he's more akin to a Drogba than to a Henry, they're quite different and while some might prefer to watch Henry's flair and goalscoring hability others might fancy more Haaland's physicality it's perfectly understandable and makes comparisons between players that nominally play on the same position quite hard sometimes which is the great thing about football, it doesn't have just one way to be played which makes it enjoyable for different people for different reasons
I don't think Haaland is overhyped. In fact I think the hype is justified. He is young, so there's no way you can say that he'll never be better than Henry. However to get to Henry level and surpass it is a very tall order, let's see if Haaland can reach that level and be consistent with it. He certainly has the athleticism and finishing... it's a matter of his mentality (when he becomes an even bigger superstar, can he remained focused and not let the fame & pressure get to his head) and if he stays injury free
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Thierry Henry not winning the ballon d’or is one of the biggest travesties in the history of football. The guy was a pure joy to watch. I’ll not doubt how great players like ronaldo, rooney and others were. But NONE of them made me smile as much as Thierry Henry. Every week you went into the pub and people were talking about what he had pulled off that week. Shove your stats, shove your silverware, Thierry Henry has EVERYONE beat when it comes to the premier leagues greatest and most entertaining player.
Goodness!! Watching that man play was a pleasure & thank you for this compilation. Today's strikers are no where near this level of brilliance (the only exceptions being Messi & perhaps Christiano Ronaldo). I'm a Chelsea fan btw.
I think the lates 90s early 2000s french generation had this style of play. Zidane, henry, pires, wiltord... one better than the other of course. But they were master in ball control. Absolute masters. Some midfielders cannot even phantom henry's ball control and transport. Thats why, if you are midfielder playing with henry your life is simple. He will drop to defense and help you, and once he has the ball, you can go on a holiday.
Shame Henry never played in la liga in his prime.. do doubt he’d be scoring 50 a season like they did. He even managed a decent amount as a veteran playing for Barca out on the wing
Strikers are judged by the goals they score. What makes Henry is so special is he was so much more then just a goal scorer. No other player with his record, enjoyed assisting as much as scoring. Most profilic goal scorers are selfish, Thierry Henry was a team player who loved to create. #Legend
Absolutely unstoppable. One of the best strikers in history of football. Exactly like other elite players, the only way to stop him is to hope he has a bad day
@THE SCARED ACE Haaland is like watching a rhino running through it's own sh1t. Possibly one of the most ugly players to play the game, his quality of finish is woeful. Mbappe just runs fast no style to either of their play. Just because you score a load of goals doesnt make you a great player. Van Nistelroy is a great example, scored a pile of goals for united but never included in anybody's favourite team/player debates, all he done was score tap ins.
@@acedup00 you are definitely younger than 30 yrs old. Anyone who watched Henry from 2000-2007 will tell you, the only striker close enough to challenge him is R9, not even CR7 is fit to lace his boot. CR7 needed supporting cast. Henry doesn’t . In 2006, Henry dragged Arsenal to champs lge final alone. Facing greats like the tough Juventus, Madrid real galactico, when his supporting cast was a 19 yr old fabregas, the entire Arsenal team just defends and play the ball to Henry, he does the rest, ripping all defenses ALONE. Prime Lucio, Thuram, zambrotta, puyol, Hierro, Helguera, Pochettino, Zanetti, Canavarro, Cafu, Roberto Carlos, Nesta etc. CR7 won’t have made it past those players. But Henry doesn’t care, he has all the required skills to beat you up, dribbles ✅, speed ✅, physicality ✅ Infact he trademarked the curling placement outside the 18. Once he’s in that position, every keeper knows don’t bother diving .
@@dmc431 seriously how drunk was you...when you made this dumb statement Haaland is incredible the most clinical finisher we have seen at his age for years skill,pace, strength both footed the best goal ratio ever in the UCL quickest ever to 20 goals in twelve games...UCL top scorer last season and voted best Striker at the Uefa Awards every top club is Gonna active his clause next summer and offer his wages over £400k a week and Mpabbe just has pace yeah absolute myth he has so much flair and scores ridiculous goals... assists for fun and Madrid bid £180m for him one year left on his deal but just has pace deluded
True, i was arsenal fan back lol, until he moved i was like in elementary school.. Thru the years, only EPL that i followed most.. ive never seen any striker like him, i would even vote him as the best EPL player in history, the way he play, record and statistics can back it up as well
As far as I remember, henry has always been this good, far above the rest. Can't remember why we never talk about him being the best in the world at that time. He peaked earlier than ronaldinho right?
@@TheSuperhoden hell No I’m Nigerian and can rightly tell you Okocha and Nistelrooy never matched Henry’s accomplishments..For one okocha gifted as he was never played for a big team throughout his career save for PSG and Nistelroy was mostly a box 18 striker take him out the box and he’s as ordinary as they come
As an Arsenal fan, I watch united matches these days for CR7. Have massive respect for his drive to be best even though I think Messi is a little more talented...
Watching Henry get angry, tempt a defender in, then absolutely ghost them, inevitably score then chest thump and powt his way around the pitch is my favorite thing in all of sports and always will be
Coming from a Chelsea fan since 1995: Thierry Henry is the greatest ever Premier League player. Nobody scored the kind goals he did. Nobody was as terrifying to defenders as him. He scored plenty, he assisted plenty, he was faster than anyone around, he could score solo goals, long range goals, free kicks. He had it all. He was the one player I genuinely feared whenever Chelsea played. No other player or club ever gave me that feeling.
I like Bergkamp more to be honest
@@TheSuperhoden I also like Bergkamp, but Henry took Arsenal to the top. Sane matches, he carried on the team by himself.
And he isnt a tapin merchant.
So ronaldo doesnt exist
@@dineshgohram3246 Let me know when he scores a goal like this:
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Or this:
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Or this:
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Then we'll have that conversation
Been a United fan since 1994, had a season ticket for years, watched all the greats. Henry was the best, bar none. The best player to play in the PL, ever.
Respect.
Your types are hard to come by these days where fans put club loyalty over reality 🤗
If Grealish is worth 100 mil , then Henry must be worth a billion
Nowadays God hed be 450mill
Close to it anyway
His entire generation would be min 300m
I was at that Arsenal v Man U game when Henry did the chip and volley. There was a second of silence because no one could believe it had gone in. The shock on Fergusons face was priceless.
He scuffed it
Reminds me of that van dyke attempt that led to origis goal v e everton
@@alansouthall8221 you must be trolling
The player with the most swagger and style.
That's Ronaldinho
@@LoftusBlake and Henry... he didn't lie
@@LoftusBlake agree Ronaldinho too, both were always egar to show arrogance through their skills to opponents, something like- stay aside bitch..I'm a class apart 😂😂
@@LoftusBlake indeed, Ronaldinho makes Henry look like a 10 year old.. Plenty of other good strikers I'd rate above Henry in terms of swagger also.
Henry was good, but his technically skills weren't the best. Even Haaland on the picture here has about the same technique. But both excel at other parts of the striker role.
@@TheBann90 henry is far more technical than haaland.
Haaland a proper striker he doesn't have elegance in his game his robot
Coming from an LFC fan, HENRY was possibly the best player I watched in EPL. He absolutely pisses all over HAALAND, MBAPPE, KANE etc (even SALAH).
An absolute belter of a player.
This guy had everything in his locker,skills,pase,fantastic finisher,stamina,I wonder how on earth did he not even won a single BallonD'or
He was on the podium a few times, I realise not quite the same but...
Maybe this is because he stuck with Arsenal for too long, I think the same with Bergkamp.. they did win some titles in England but they weren't winning European trophies and were mostly 2nd best to either Utd or Chelsea.
Bergkamp never won a tournament with Holland and the 2 Henry won with France happened before he became the incredible player he was.
When he signed for Barcelona he was 30, the players there all said he was a player who should've joined them years before then. For 3 or 4 years at Arsenal he was the best striker in the world at the time without question. If he'd been in any of the AC Milan, Real Madrid, or Barcelona teams during that phase, say from 2001-2005... he would've won the champions league during his peak years and been the main man upfront. When he did eventually win it he was a strong member of the Barcelona team but he'd lost a little pace at almost 32years old, and although it was more about the team and that tiki taka they were famous for - Messi was the main man by that point.
I'm not sure if it was just the low camera angle at Highbury because it wasn't a big stadium, or if the pitch was that big either... but he performed on the big stages where the pitch is massive and there's extra room for fast players to really make use of their speed. Hattrick away to Roma in the studio olímpico, ran through Real Madrid's "Galácticos" at the Bernabéu, 2 goals against Inter Milan at the San Siro in a 1-5 away win... Arsenal losing the reverse fixture 0-3 at Highbury supports my point even further. In fact it's a similar story for all these ties. Arsenal did better playing away than they did at Highbury and that was hugely down to Henry and his pace.
He got robbed of a BallonD'or
Totally agree the year they went unbeaten , who won ballon dor that season???
@@Marjopolo302 Shevchenko I think.
@@wolfpackpete6408 , AHH - AC Milan won the Champions League and he scored shit load a goals I think .. 43
All of his goals looks effortless, elegant and at the same time unstoppable, what a legend ❤️
Let's agree that arsenal's burgundy kit with O2 on it was iconic
That's the luckiest one❤️
@@TheHalloween81 one of my favourite kits but we didn’t win anything in it
That kit was fire 🔥 sad to look at arsenal now they used to be so good but I guess it's the end of an era I don't think they will ever be back to win the league maybe in the next 20 year's. But the reputation of the club changed it's going down hill all of that cause of poor management and players that are very bad.
And unforgettable golden letters and numbers on them. :) ... The prettiest Arsenal's kit ever!
i still have it
He made me support as Arsenal. Now he's left me in this mess. Damn you Henry!! 😭😭
BARCAAAAAA
Henry make an illusions like arsenal were a big club...
@@Ayam.plastik bro did you really text that..... Check history
That’s what you get for supporting the team with the best player in the league lol
Arsenal made their name shorter now they’re known as “arse”
Thiery Henry…what a striker he was…complete & still has goosebumps seeing this video. Just wow
Almost depressing watching the Arsenal goats considering the state of the club now
Absolutely..
Unlike the rest of society, teams aren’t there to make you feel better. Arsenal is not a fucking boy band. Suck it up and learn what “support” means. You might learn something bigger about life.
@@simonrudduck8726 At what point did I say I don't support the club anymore? All I said was the state the club is in now is a sad one.
Not ‘almost’, it is. Close to tears when I watch back at the legends
As an Arsenal fan watching Henry everytime get the feeling taht he has underachieved. What a player nobody will ever come close to him. To think that he scored 30 goals and assisted 20 in a season is astounding. Can't imagine anyone like him. For all of Ronaldo and Messi I would never give up Henry for them. Always Henry who would just drag the team out of slumber. Miss you so much
I understand your sentiments but your comparison is absurd
A teenage Messi outshined a prime Henry in Barcelona. Enough said!
I like Messi but that was not a prime Henry at Barca even though Messi in his prime was better than Henry in his prime.
@@obaid1o1 sir I never compared them. I said I will never trade Henry for them. Pls read the comment in its spirit.
@@gunndecagon271 sir my comment was about my preference and not a comparison about who is best.
Henry is the definition of striker. Pure striker..
Legend. Thank you Thierry for the memories.
- A Manchester United fan
We Arsenal fans are blessed, fortunate and very lucky to have seen this man do the things he did on that wonderful old Highbury Pitch. My greatest regret was never being able to actually go and watch that awesome Invincible team live.
Thierry Henry. Greatest ever Premier League Striker. Arsenal's Greatest Ever Striker.
Majestic, Powerful, Graceful, fast, strong, skillful and charismatic.
A true Legend.
the most complete striker I've ever seen... It was really joy to watch him at Arsenal
R9 the best striker I've ever seen, Henry second
Too many people keed saying Henry is most complete striker that statement is wrong although it sounds good. Thierry Henry is the most complete footballer in history. Can do everything with and without the ball and can play all positions on the pitch
R9 can be the complete striker all he wants but titi is the definition of a complete footballer and has so much more than phenomenon. Phenomenon is comparable to him but he is a better footballer
@@GoGetYourShinebox R9 was the most complete number 9, Henry was the most complete attacking player.
@@Het-Heru van basten was more complete
The player that made me fall in love with the sport. I'll never forget how it felt watching him play week in week out as a 10 year old - it was like electricity through my veins. God bless you King Thierry Henry
@tajumochi God no exist.
Man, I count myself so lucky to have grown up watching players as great as Henry ... you just don't get players with the pace, skill, composure and pure magic like him anymore.
As a Liverpool fan, I remember only too well when he turned Carragher inside out dumping him on his ass haha. For me, Henry was the best player I've seen week in, week out in the English game. The lad would literally glide around the pitch while the others, in contrast, looked like they were running through sand
As a Chelsea fan, I saw a really young Thierry Henry do that to freaking Marcel Desailly! They won either 2-1 or 2-0 and Henry scored both. In one of the goals he completely destroyed Desailly
King Henry!! Amazingly talented and charismatic! Complete striker, todays players don't have it all like him!
3:05 is an absolute violation. The opponent just giving up afterwards, hands on hips with the whole crowd cheering and laughing at him. Extraordinary talent.
he still hasn't gotten over it to this day it's danny mills. Says weird stuff about Henry on talk shows now. it's the same guy getting mugged off at 10:18, lol, still prolly has nightmares
It's Henry's fault that many people choose to support Arsenal and now they are suffering xd
We'll come back as invincible as Liverpool one day,oh wait,I mean just like back we're on top of the PL in 0304,once a legend club always a legend club
As I was watching this video I'm thinking to myself Henry is the reason I support Arsenal its been such a honor to watch him even tho it was only on tv
Bruh that’s me lmao
Yup, he's why I became an Arsenal fan
@@acedup00 do you blame him?
Prime Henry was robbed of ballon d’Or!!!
no need .....if i hve to choose i wld prefere a statut better thn bo ;)
Of course it is not possible but if everyone is playing like Henry, there will be no injuries.
They gave it to Paval Nedved the year Henry should've won. One of the biggest robz in Ballon d'Or history...
Genuinely, there was a period of time where whenever my team, Liverpool, played Arsenal I was scared for them because of this guy. No other player has done that to me, he was unplayable and an utter joy to watch.
Thierry Henry in two words:
Intelligence & Finesse
I'll say INTELLIGENCE and CLASS!
This is exactly how martial plays, in his dreams
Thats harsh🤣
hhhhhhhhhhhh
Henry was something else, every lad would shout ‘Henry’ as they was taking their shot on the park! Legend of the game
Omg sooooooo true 😂😂 great times
One of my favorite player to watch play on the field: he saw many of these clips before but I still enjoy them. Classy player, so humble. Gg.
When football become art Henry is class
Still to me the best striker ,pace ,power ,speed finishing had it all .
Ronaldo 9
@@AkhileshBhaugeerutty sure I prefer Henry still .
@@acedup00 lol only Ronaldo r9 was on Henry’s level as a striker. The others you mention, not a chance
@@acedup00 r9 played in slightly better teams for club and country.. hence more a few more trophies. Their goal count isn’t too far apart and it’s hard to compare as they played in different leagues. But I’m talking about what they could do on the pitch, r9 could dribble better but I think Henry had more. And he was a leader. I wouldn’t want to call it but I guarantee most ppl have more nostalgia towards r9 because he burst onto the scene.. he was so good at 20. Ppl love madrid, Barca, Brazil.. lots of bias towards him but I think Henry just as good
@@acedup00 read again.. said r9 was the better dribbler. ‘Not in the same realm’ is an emotional biased statement, of course they are, they were the best of their time. You realise Henry was wanted by Real Madrid and Barcelona but wanted to stay at Arsenal. R9 peaked at a young age, in their mid-late 20’s Henry was clear, no doubt about it. When they faced each other in the champions league it was obvious who the better player was. It’s a shame about r9’s injuries
As a Manchester United fan I was terrified of Henry when I was a kid. Pretty much everybody who wasn’t an Arsenal fan feared the day their team had to face Arsenal while Henry was on the pitch. Best striker in the history of the premier league
Man United fan since 1996.... Monsieur Thierry Henry is the greatest foreign footballer... scratch that...the greatest footballer ever to play football in England...concerning skill ....output of goals and assists and skill and raw talent ...hands down he is the best ever ....sad but true ....no hard feelings when admitting the presence of greatness
A small percentage of this is what ManUtd fans thought Martial would be. Turns out he doesn't even like to run
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
He had everything ; pace, movement, both feet, pass, aggression, will to win, skill. What a player.
This is what is expected from Aubameyang in Arsenal. But he just can't go close to Henry's performances.
Gabonese Peter Odemwingie
He sold us that "I want to be an Arsenal legend" to get a big money contract.
Arsenal squad is crap, Henry would struggle just as much playing with this current squad...
He cant even reach Henry's 50% level capacity .even if arsenal had a great team right now. Henry is too much for AB.
@Keaos0 ozil is a shit outdated player, and no one wants him when arsenal trying to offload him unlike pogba.
I still remember the day Henry left Arsenal, I literally cried for days, I felt like I lost someone. Henry himself wouldn't Understand, where I'm from, we call him Arsenal god. Literally, Arsenal was nothing without him, I saw him in my dreams then, I was angry at him why he left Arsenal, he made me so sad, I had to start watching Barcelona because of him, thankfully I saw Messi from there.
Henry is a once in a lifetime player, we won't see anything like this again. He has one of the neatest finish you'd ever see. He's made his mark and would be missed.
That goal against Sunderland and Leeds definitely bring u tears right . What a wonderful comeback, wenger should have buy him back that tim
Looking at how tough the game was back then and referees showing no mercy whatsoever, Henry was a true marksman. I think Arsenal should bring him in as a striker trainer or whatever
As a United fan, Henry and Vieira were the two that I wished played for united. What a rivalry, arsenal v united, miss them days
Almost all the players back then make this generation look like ameture
Yea, they play 10-15 lucky games in a season, get the media to hype them by calling them next zidane, next Ronaldo, next Ronaldinho, a big club that doesn't know talent buys them(arsenal, Barcelona, etc)., they make money, and they show their true bang average colours..
CR7 and Messi obviously stack up and exceed (ironically they are from Henry's generation). However and this is no hate someone like Neymar to me is nowhere close to the Brazil greats of that era. R9, Ronaldinho, Roberto Carlos, Kaka (prime) all exceed him easily to me.
That said players today have a LOT more longevity. Their fitness levels are just insane to me.
But yeah you could list 50 players from that era that arguably would make someone like Jack Grealish (a 100m signing) seem just ok.
Imagine someone like Pirlo or even David Silva being compared to Grealish. No contest who is better. Neither of those guys ever came close to level of hype he has. Hell even Beckham who was similarly overhyped by england names Grealish seem pedestrian.
Football had a golden era in the 90s and 00s. Your comment kinda just opened my eyes to this honestly. Messi and Ronaldo are relics of the 00s and are still best in the world. It speaks to their greatness but also to the dropoff in raw talent.
@@christianc750 yet he is a far far better than kaka (prime). More talented, more complete, more skillful and smarter.
He is at the same level as R9 and R10 in terms of talent and level. His LDC stats proves it, his brazil stats proves it, the pitch proves it. His legacy will probably never be as great as their legacy but he was also playing in Ronaldo/Messi era. He was/is considered the 3th best player in the world for most of his career.
@@christianc750 And you can list more than 50 now that would make Grealish seem just ok 🙈
transfers of players from the PL to the PL are usually way overpriced. Generally players are getting better and better
He deserved more props than he was given, waaaay better than Kane, hallaand, lewindoski,
I mean let's be honest Haaland is still young, but totally different type of striker! Mbappe has similar style to Henry, amazing dribbler can score different goals and creative! But for now only R9 and Suarez are as good as Henry in history of football!!! Maybe ibrahimovic is up there too!
Its stupid to put henry against halaand when halaands career just started and btw after its all said and done i believe halaand has so many goals we would puke if we knew right now he so good but if he rly gonna do henry numbers he need to be consistent like henry, ronaldo etc
He deserved more props? Really?
@@prinsreintje yeah not like he aint one of the biggest premier league legend.. i remember being kid and watchin livescore everytime arsenal scored it was henry it was ridicilious
I don't think that's fair to Lewa, his career is still going. Haaland is like 20 so has ages to grow still. Kane isn't on Lewa level
Such a unique player man... In his peak years (2002-2005) he was able to outscore his competitors (Shevchenko, Raul, Van Nisterooy, Trezeguet,...) AND be the main creator/ assist provider / dribbler in his team. Nobody came close to this level of excellence until a certain Leo Messi.
Players of his generation grew up on the streets, they practiced that since they were 5 and it came to them naturally. This generation is being developed in billion dollars facilities. It will never be the same. Not even close.
Dammit I miss him. He was so great to watch. His cheek and swagger always brought a smile.
Then the Return of the King against Leeds and THAT goal made me cry with joy.
Best premier league player EVER
He might be the most dominant player to have ever played on the island.
Henry is basically the R9 version in the English Premier League. A bit of George Weah in him as well.
In terms of finishing he is even better than R9
R9 moves was like brut drag while henry moves like skating on ice
Henry had elegance in his play. R9 used to walk in goals. 21% of his career goals are just going around the goalkeeper and make them sit down. What he did at Serie A going up against Nesta, Maldini, Desailly, Thuram, Cannavaro, Costacurta, Seedorf etc. is unthinkable.
I love Henry but in my opinion - R9 is GOAT.
@@cr7gaming654 no way
@@ruddin93 Facts
It’s too bad to see him not winning the ballon’dor during that few season of the PL. He totally ripped out the defence like it’s nothing
His weapon was the good first touch and speed 👏 🙌... He will forever remain an Arsenal legend
Henry was something else he had everything speed ,strength , power , skill these striker today only got one thing one trick ponies that why they always get injured because there opponents alway know what they gone do before there even get the ball at there feet
The coolest finisher of all time
And to crown it all, all through those years i never heard he had injury. He was a fantastic player
Top 10 player of all time. Absolutely complete player.
He only had some back injury in his last season for Arsenal, missed half of that season. Before that he was basically never injured, playing around 50 games every season on elite level.
I remember a comment he made about always playing with niggles.... Never being 100%. I think he made the comment around the time Daniel Sturridge was pretty big but always missing games due to niggles. So yeah, just shows you the desire he had... imagine playing a prime Henry at 100% 🤯
He Never had an injury throughout his Arsenal career because he was disciplined especially off the field as regards nightlife and women something most present day footballers lack and is killing their Longevity and stamina go ask Neymar,Ronaldinho,Hazard,bale,babayaro,etal
@@nhlanhlasithole2899 bit of a stretch definitely top 15 in the last 30 years
Thierry Henry and Ronaldinho are by far my favorite living football legends, they are the reason I fell in love with football in the first place, they are part of my childhood... Henry should have won at least one or two ballon d'or in the 2003 and 2004 seasons, he was so unique and underrated back then, he was almost unstoppable and genuinely a very good all-rounder authentic player.
Footballers on a whole were much more skillful in this era than they are today. Much more emphasis on physical rather than technical attributes, and much more emphasis on 'strategy' as opposed to just going out there and expressing their selves.
Spot on 🎯🤝🏾
Yeah, aside from anything else, the spectacle is a whole lot duller now. Far fewer unique players innovating in the pitch. It's just an ever finer tuning of systems and players fitting the roles of that system better now. Nerdball.
@@booshank2327 perfect 👊👍
Damn, I’ve watched this guy play for years and it’s only just occurred to me that he did a loooot of things in a very very Bergkampesque way, his shooting, how he skins players with that tight flick turn and especially how he brings the ball down, signature Dennis Bergkamp!!
Lifelong Liverpool fan but I still get the chills every time I watch Henry on the ball, easily one of if not the best PL player, he had it all and made it look like he was versing children week in week out, incredible stuff
Definition of worldclass
Can't believe he never won FIFA ballon d'or
Today’s players don’t have the work ethic as they did in Henry’s day 💯 true legend 👌🏼🙌🏼
He was the one who made me fall in love with the beautiful game. Can't get bored of watching old footage. The pace, the strength and the cheeky moves..he was the total package.
He had an answer to every situation he was in, and it was rarely not carried with style and grace. Having not seen so many clips in one reel b4 I noted a couple of things. The ball at times was an extension of his foot, virtually glued to it. The other is the speed with which he controls then instantly shoots. Its almost one movement and you can see it catches many keepers off guard. His 5 metre acceleration was breathtaking.
Woooow this is absolutely ineffable breathtaking, he was a phenomenal football player, now days players make millions of dollars and zero skills, their games all about diving, cheating, faking cheap fouls falling down complaining to referees, they lay on their backs more than they stand on their heels.
Rightly said, even if we consider tackles attempts in this video most of the Today's 'greats' will try to get fouled ane book the opponent...some of them might have end up in infirmary 😂
Haaland is a beast but he's so over hyped by social media imagine players like Henry in this era of socials....... Especially the pl now that tends to hype up their players
I'm quite biased as I started watching football in 2010 but I think that Haaland has the potential to be a better forward than Henry, considering what they've archived at 21 both individually and with their teams. I'm not denying that Henry was one of the best center forwards that the world has ever seen or that Haaland will be better -injuries or him loosing his drive to be the best might affect him quite negatively- but if things go as you'd expect I wouldn't be surprised if Haaland ends up being considered a better forward than Henry by most football fans after he retires
@@aurapris9591 haaland is a finisher nothing more.... Henry had it all and he's more complete... I'm not talking about accomplishments I'm talking about players quality..... Don't get me wrong haaland is a beast but I don't see how he's gonna on Henry level.... Like I said haaland is way over hyped
@@stefanosalariace Haaland isn't only a finisher, he has an amazing hold up play, speed, ball progression and a more than decent passing, he's more akin to a Drogba than to a Henry, they're quite different and while some might prefer to watch Henry's flair and goalscoring hability others might fancy more Haaland's physicality it's perfectly understandable and makes comparisons between players that nominally play on the same position quite hard sometimes which is the great thing about football, it doesn't have just one way to be played which makes it enjoyable for different people for different reasons
I don't think Haaland is overhyped. In fact I think the hype is justified. He is young, so there's no way you can say that he'll never be better than Henry. However to get to Henry level and surpass it is a very tall order, let's see if Haaland can reach that level and be consistent with it. He certainly has the athleticism and finishing... it's a matter of his mentality (when he becomes an even bigger superstar, can he remained focused and not let the fame & pressure get to his head) and if he stays injury free
@@acedup00 haaland is better goal scorer
Henry is better player
That was reason I love Arsenal . He was the one who brought a lot of supporter to Arsenal from all over the world.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Thierry Henry not winning the ballon d’or is one of the biggest travesties in the history of football. The guy was a pure joy to watch. I’ll not doubt how great players like ronaldo, rooney and others were. But NONE of them made me smile as much as Thierry Henry. Every week you went into the pub and people were talking about what he had pulled off that week. Shove your stats, shove your silverware, Thierry Henry has EVERYONE beat when it comes to the premier leagues greatest and most entertaining player.
The best the prem had ever seen for me. He put fear into teams like no other
He is a better baller than Cr7.Only R9 can touch him slightly
Nonsense
@@dpimpanell7636 yes you are
What CR7 can do Henry can't do obviously Cristiano is older now I'm referring when both were younger.
Who is R9? Does the guy not have a name?
@@hardpunk8 its vice versa..cr7 have never played like henry did like in this video(he was such a baller and swagger)
U might be a kid
Goodness!! Watching that man play was a pleasure & thank you for this compilation. Today's strikers are no where near this level of brilliance (the only exceptions being Messi & perhaps Christiano Ronaldo). I'm a Chelsea fan btw.
Thank you for putting this video together.
He was Arsenal's talisman. Legend. Now Arsenal is 💩
How unlucky the defenders who played against TT were!!!!!
Great player great man. He was just oozing confidence. Now he's a great analyst ❣️
I think the lates 90s early 2000s french generation had this style of play. Zidane, henry, pires, wiltord... one better than the other of course. But they were master in ball control. Absolute masters. Some midfielders cannot even phantom henry's ball control and transport. Thats why, if you are midfielder playing with henry your life is simple. He will drop to defense and help you, and once he has the ball, you can go on a holiday.
Prime Henry was just out of this world.
Agree. Henri was one of the best. To me, he is more convincing than C Ronaldo.
Shame Henry never played in la liga in his prime.. do doubt he’d be scoring 50 a season like they did. He even managed a decent amount as a veteran playing for Barca out on the wing
@@Rocksteady365mac barcelona most dominant team*... it could have been everybody who scored those goals lol
Thank u for upload.
This video really shows his class..
Strikers are judged by the goals they score. What makes Henry is so special is he was so much more then just a goal scorer. No other player with his record, enjoyed assisting as much as scoring. Most profilic goal scorers are selfish, Thierry Henry was a team player who loved to create. #Legend
Best player to play on the premiership
Today’s defenders are lucky they don’t produce strikers like Henry anymore.
It's more like, today defenders are arguably more compact with the tactical evolution going on, nowadays trick like this is wasting momentum.
His prototype would be very hard to find... Most closest currently would be Mbappe.. Wenger tried his best to sign him before he joined PSG..
Absolutely unstoppable. One of the best strikers in history of football. Exactly like other elite players, the only way to stop him is to hope he has a bad day
Honestly. What a human being this guy was. Unbelievable, and such an honour to see this guy play
Today he would worth $ 150-200 million
Imagine what he would be worth in todays crazy transfers
a quarter of a billion euros
@THE SCARED ACE Haaland is like watching a rhino running through it's own sh1t. Possibly one of the most ugly players to play the game, his quality of finish is woeful. Mbappe just runs fast no style to either of their play. Just because you score a load of goals doesnt make you a great player. Van Nistelroy is a great example, scored a pile of goals for united but never included in anybody's favourite team/player debates, all he done was score tap ins.
@@acedup00 you are definitely younger than 30 yrs old. Anyone who watched Henry from 2000-2007 will tell you, the only striker close enough to challenge him is R9, not even CR7 is fit to lace his boot. CR7 needed supporting cast. Henry doesn’t . In 2006, Henry dragged Arsenal to champs lge final alone. Facing greats like the tough Juventus, Madrid real galactico, when his supporting cast was a 19 yr old fabregas, the entire Arsenal team just defends and play the ball to Henry, he does the rest, ripping all defenses ALONE. Prime Lucio, Thuram, zambrotta, puyol, Hierro, Helguera, Pochettino, Zanetti, Canavarro, Cafu, Roberto Carlos, Nesta etc. CR7 won’t have made it past those players. But Henry doesn’t care, he has all the required skills to beat you up, dribbles ✅, speed ✅, physicality ✅
Infact he trademarked the curling placement outside the 18. Once he’s in that position, every keeper knows don’t bother diving .
@@dmc431 seriously how drunk was you...when you made this dumb statement Haaland is incredible the most clinical finisher we have seen at his age for years skill,pace, strength both footed the best goal ratio ever in the UCL quickest ever to 20 goals in twelve games...UCL top scorer last season and voted best Striker at the Uefa Awards every top club is Gonna active his clause next summer and offer his wages over £400k a week and Mpabbe just has pace yeah absolute myth he has so much flair and scores ridiculous goals... assists for fun and Madrid bid £180m for him one year left on his deal but just has pace deluded
United fan, Henry one of my favs ever, such authentic style on and off the ball.
Definitely one of the best players ever. What grace and composure. Incredible
1:58 the most incredible goal he scored ever
Lmao Henry is the reason some people support Arsenal. Henry was probably the most skilled PL striker of all time.
True, i was arsenal fan back lol, until he moved i was like in elementary school.. Thru the years, only EPL that i followed most.. ive never seen any striker like him, i would even vote him as the best EPL player in history, the way he play, record and statistics can back it up as well
As far as I remember, henry has always been this good, far above the rest. Can't remember why we never talk about him being the best in the world at that time. He peaked earlier than ronaldinho right?
When football becomes ART. MASTERCLASSE
The greatest striker PL has ever seen. Too 5 all time, easily.
Top 5 all time strikers? Sure
I thing lthe only forwards like Ronaldo, Muller, Van Basten and Puskas are ahead of him
@@mca3250 even in PL you have players like okocha, c ronaldo, aguero, bergkamp, nistelrooy etc. They all match Henry's accomplishments
@@TheSuperhoden why do people gotta bring up accomplishments when comparing players? In terms of quality Henry is the best PL striker ever.
@@TheSuperhoden hell No I’m Nigerian and can rightly tell you Okocha and Nistelrooy never matched Henry’s accomplishments..For one okocha gifted as he was never played for a big team throughout his career save for PSG and Nistelroy was mostly a box 18 striker take him out the box and he’s as ordinary as they come
Then I would watch Arsenal games even tho I’m a Chelsea fan. Only because of Henry
Tq...from Arsenal fan...very sad when fabregas plays at chelsea
As an Arsenal fan, I watch united matches these days for CR7. Have massive respect for his drive to be best even though I think Messi is a little more talented...
In Nigeria we call him igwe meaning king. He made a lot of people support arsenal.
great highlight ! Never know he was this good ! he's bergkamp + auba in one body :)
This title is unfair, every striker is an amateur compared to TH
Don't really know if Henry was a striker, a winger or a mastermind
T.Henry....one off the greatest football player ever....was a pure pleasure to watch him play
He had it all man. What a team player as well.. so many goals created by the man not just scored.. amazing.
This happen when you play with Zidane + Bergkamp + Messi
No wonder you can became "HENRY"
He was 'Henry' before he played with Messi
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@@Futbolistic10 ghazwa l-hind soon for you pajeet
Watching Henry get angry, tempt a defender in, then absolutely ghost them, inevitably score then chest thump and powt his way around the pitch is my favorite thing in all of sports and always will be
Henry skills always bring my smile back . Arsenal best striker ever!!! I miss Henry.