http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thierry-Henry-c34918 says Arsenal can celebrate Champions League qualification – Football news
Gunners’ legend Thierry Henry feels his former team should be more ambitious and thinks their delight at the last day was due to the fact they did better than Tottenham.
Arsenal FC’s all time leading scorer, Henry, hopes his old side were happy on the last day of the English Premier League as they defeated Tottenham Hotspur to the UEFA Champions League spot, and not only because they retained European competition entry.
“For me as a fan or if I was a player at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429, finishing in the top four would have been normal,” he added.
The Emirates Stadium outfit won against Newcastle United on the last day of the league to come 4th above their fierce rivals and as a result, qualified for the UEFA Champions League competition next season. Henry, who still supports his former team, said
that finishing ahead of Spurs gives personal satisfaction to the fans.
“We saved our season and that was it because you always want to win and I know people go on about the pictures and all of this celebration,” he said.
However, he believes that finishing in the top four should not be their aim every year. He claimed that the Gunners rejuvenated their season as they had a desire to win. He further added preventing their London adversaries from reaching Europe’s elite cup
competition feels great and calls for a celebration.
“But I can tell you I think it was more the fact that for any Arsenal player, when you really feel the shirt and really play for the club, putting Tottenham out of the top four,” the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 international was quoted as saying in an interview.
The French striker was in the Arsenal side that did the same thing to Spurs in 2006. Head coach Arsene Wenger has a perfect record for qualifying for the European competition in his time in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/England-c749. Therefore, the New York Red Bulls’ captain cannot picture
the team without Wenger.
Henry suggested that it will be unusual to watch Arsenal without the French boss at the helm. Nevertheless, he admits Wenger will leave the club one day.
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