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Arsenal midfield star Alexender Hleb has once again reiterated that the current squad is much better off with French star Thierry Henry. Earlier in the season, the Belarusian international medio made a sensational claim that Henry was actually inhibiting the Gunners team from developing and becoming a true team.
Now Hleb insists that Henry’s departure to Spanish giants FC Barcelona in the summer has actually helped the players galvanize. He says:
I know why we are so good, the explanation is simple.
Until last summer, we had just played for Thierry Henry. He was running the show. Whenever I got the ball, I was looking up, ‘where’s Henry?’
I did not care to go for goal myself! And if once in a while I dared to pass the ball to someone else, he would shout, ‘hey, I was free!’
When he was on form, we won everything. When he was off form, we lost. That has all changed. We are not a one-man band any more.
Nobody complains when I risk some dribbling. That’s the reason for our good performances – we were set free.
True enough since Arsenal are top in the Premiership table and have played some wonderful football this season. Can they hold on till the end of the season?
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<p>Arsenal striker Emmenuel Adebayor is up on Cloud 9 these days. The Togo international has been a regular at the Emirates this season in the absence of the departed Theirry Henry and has scored 19 goals already in the Premiership. He is the joint highest goalscorer with Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo and is earning accolade from all quarters of the football community.
His Arsenal teammate Alexander Hleb too doesn’t fail to notice the rise of Adebayor and hails him thus:
He’s been in fantastic form. It’s great for him and it’s great for the team. Now with important games such as Manchester United and AC Milan and others coming up, it’s ideal to have a striker who is taking his chances whichever way they come and showing such all-round ability.
Adebayor certainly deserves all the extol that is being heaped on at the moment. The only apprehension is that the striker might let al this barge into his head. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger though hopes that this doesn’t happen.
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