Henry: That's the way it is

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Date	Time	C	Opponent	F	A	R	S
07 May	3:00 PM	P	Wigan Athletic (H)	4	2	Win

Thierry Henry says he has no sympathy for the Spurs players who were affected by food poisoning on the last day of the season.

The striker, whose hat trick assured Champions League football for Arsenal next season, insists sickness and injuries are part of the game and Arsenal have been victims of such problems all season.

"They were saying 'Arsenal are not playing well', 'Arsenal are not the team they used to be'.

"But that is how it is in the game - sometimes you do have people are ill, or turn up with a headache and are not on the team sheet. That is the way it is.

"Nobody had any sympathy for us when Ashley [Cole] was missing, when Sol [Campbell] was missing - we had to deal with it and play."

The Frenchman went on to say that the Gunners fully deserve their place in 4th spot, despite being behind their North London rivals for the majority of the season.

I know there is going to be a lot of talk about who deserved it or not. At the end of the day, the table does not lie.

"You have to give the lads credit for what they have turned around - at one point in the league we were eighth, not far from teams which are actually not close."

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Jacob Waiswa

Posted on 9 May, 2006 at 05:24 PM - Reply

Spurs simply succumbed to pressure, and they have always been vulnerable to acute pressure. Look at their previous Carling and FA performances; if it is a now fight or die, they are beaten. Now, i read about them generating myths about the cause of the beating while forgetting their failure to manage pressure. But, we too had the pressure but we simply played our game and won it! May be we have a better exprience of managing pressure than them.

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