FC Barcelona’s central striker, Thierry Henry has defended himself at his new club.


Thierry Henry has responded to his critics who have heckled over the so-called goals-drought by the legendary top scorer of Arsenal FC and the French national team. Henry explains that he is not doing badly if factors like the time he has spent in Barca and the time it also took him to adapt to Arsenal are to be considered. Henry has gained more voice and confidence after scoring his fourth La Liga goal for Barca against Almeria in the 37th minute of the weekend encounter, and has been congratulated by his team officials as well as team mates for this. Thierry says of his critics:

People forget or perhaps they don’t know that it took me nine games to score my first goal for Arsenal. I have scored four goals and have three assists in the first nine games for Barca. I am trying to help the team and have contributed in my own way. Now I am playing for another team and it is another style. I no longer play for Arsenal, so I think people have to stop comparing. Arsenal played a more direct game. It was more on the counter-attack, while here the ball is moved around more, there are more passes to the left and the right and I have to adapt to this style and that always takes time. I have felt a certain frustration, that is true, but I’m still adapting to the Barca style of play which is unique in its own sense.