Arsenal legend Thierry Henry has surprisingly criticised William Saliba after their 2-1 loss to Lens in the Champions League.

The Gunners were coming off an opening matchday win over PSV Eindhoven, but were unable to make it two out of two.

Henry, speaking on CBS Sports, was unimpressed with the way Arsenal were defending in the contest.

"Elye [Wahl - Lens scorer on the night], he is special when it comes to that [finishing]," Henry said. "First and foremost let's talk about how he stayed away from Saliba.

"You see you don't need to go and break your neck, Saliba will beat you to the first ball; stay in a good position between the two lines and Wahi does that, he can finish so well.

"Can we talk about Saliba? The space never scores a goal. Can you have a look at where your striker is? He never looked at where his No.9 is."