Arsenal boss Wenger hails legend Henry after matchwinning goal

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger hailed his matchwinner Thierry Henry after victory over Sunderland.

The 34-year-old, playing the final Barclays Premier League game of his loan spell from the New York Red Bulls, stabbed home Andrey Arshavin's injury-time cross to claim the points at the Stadium of Light.

"He finished the story of the legend today in the championship. I hope he will add some in the Champions League on Wednesday," he said.

"But certainly, he got us the three points in a very difficult game."

That goal alone went much of the way to justifying Wenger's decision to bring Henry back to Emirates Stadium, although the manager joked it might also have come back to haunt him.

He said: "I felt it might haunt me as well because he goes again and people will say, 'Why did he not stay?'.

"It shows you as well that they never lose it, these players, exceptional talent survives.

"You have that at the moment with Giggs at Manchester United and Scholes, and Thierry Henry here.

"It's just a luxury to have a player like him on the bench."