“Arsenal thump Inter Milan” was the headline BBC Sport went for on that wonderful night in the San Siro on this day way back in 2003.

Seeing that headline, along with an image of Thierry Henry, arms spread, celebrating with a fist-pumping Ray Parlour made me beam with pride, even today – I know over a decade is a long time but, in footballing terms, doesn’t it feel A LOT longer than eleven years?!

Inter Milan were still regarded as one of football’s finest sides when Arsene Wenger’s squad made the trip to Italy, which makes the hammering our boys gave them even more impressive and enjoyable.

Naturally, it was Thierry Henry who opened proceedings when he gave Arsenal the lead midway through the first-half, however, the Italian giants responded through Christian Vieri via a wicked Sol Campbell deflection.

I can still remember thinking as a wee 13-year-old at half-time, when the score was evenly poised at 1-1 that we were going to comfortably win – I’m not sure why, seeing as the same Inter Milan had smashed us 3-0 at Highbury only a few weeks earlier – but I just knew it was our night.

Four minutes after the restart, Freddie Ljungberg put Arsene Wenger’s side back into the lead. Our third goal didn’t arrive until Henry took matters into his own hands in the 81st minute with that iconic solo goal, however, between Ljungberg’s goal and Henry’s second we were dominant.

With Henry’s moment of magic, Inter finally crumbled, enabling Edu and Robert Pires to wrap up the game late on and to complete one of the finest night’s in Arsenal’s history.

What were your memories of that momentous occasion?

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