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Thierry Henry refuses to answer question about Arsenal and the Champions League live on air last night
Thierry Henry refused to answer a question about his former side Arsenal and the Champions League last night.
Arsenal will have to come from behind to book their place in the quarter-finals of the competition next week.
Mikel Arteta’s side suffered a 1-0 defeat in Porto last month, with the second leg set to take place at the Emirates Stadium next Tuesday.
Given the Gunners’ exceptional form of late, many are expecting them to get the job done in north London, including Alan Brazil.
But Thierry Henry is refusing to look past Porto after being quizzed on what team he’d like to face in the quarters should Arsenal make it through.
Henry refuses to answer question about Arsenal
Speaking on , Henry was joined by Micah Richards, Jamie Carragher and Kate Abdo.
Abdo asked the panel whether Arsenal would want to play Manchester City, Bayern Munich or Real Madrid in the next round.
“Porto, right now. We’re not through, we lost 1-0. We’re behind the eight ball,” Henry responded.
The Gunners legend was then asked if he doesn’t want to ‘jinx’ the possibility of Arsenal going through by Richards.
“No, we’re not there,” Henry added.
Abdo pushed for an answer from Henry but the Gunners legend refused to speculate on possible opponents before next Tuesday’s game.
“I don’t deal with let’s says,” he said.
You’d expect Arsenal to have enough to get past Porto next week, particularly as they have been in exceptional form of late – netting 31 times en route to seven consecutive league wins.
But Henry is probably wise to not look past the Portuguese giants. Indeed, Porto limited Arsenal to barely any opportunities on goal in the first leg and are the only team to beat Arteta’s men since January 7.
Not many sides have managed to stifle Arsenal’s attacking threat in recent weeks and they will head to north London full of confidence after a solid showing last time out.