Thierry Henry did not play as long alongside Lionel Messibut his 2.5 years at FC Barcelona were enough to realize that he was a unique player, someone unrepeatable.
Not long ago, in one of his interventions as an analyst in Amazon PrimeTití told the story behind the night in which the 10 of Argentina nailed him 4 GOALS al Arsenal de Arsene Wenger.
The French legend revealed that, before the game started, he told the 10 culé, who was 22 years old at the time, that he still had not scored against an English club in the UEFA Champions League.
And, well, Messi responded by converting a POKER in the Camp Nou.
Henry was already a legend and was used to competing alongside geniuses such as Zinedine Zidane and Dennis Bergkamp. But the South American crack was something without precedent.
THIERRY HENRY AND THE NIGHT OF MESSI’S 4 GOALS AGAINST ARSENAL
«I am going to tell an anecdote. Once, we played against Arsenal and I didn’t do it on purpose because I love Arsenal, but I said to Messi: ‘Leo, you’ve never scored a goal against an English team in the UEFA Champions League.’ He scored 4 goals. The end. We won the match by 4 goals. The 4 goals were his.” he remembered, between laughs, the world champion.
Undefeated Data. Lionel Messi registers 27 goals and 6 assists in 36 games played against Premier League clubs in the UEFA Champions League. great customers
Did you know…? Lionel Messi le ha marcado al Arsenal (9), Manchester City (7), Manchester United (4), Chelsea (3), Liverpool (2) and Tottenham (2) en la UEFA Champions League. Inevitable.
