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Arsenal may need to order some bronze in the coming weeks.
After acquiring Thierry Henry on loan last Friday, Arsène Wenger had assured the media that the legacy of the legendary striker was safe.
"They can only build a bigger statue," the manager quipped.
Against Leeds on Monday, it took Henry just ten minutes to write another chapter in a book which we had thought had closed in 2007.
He replaced Marouane Chamakh to delirium in the 68th minute and, soon after, showed the intelligence instilled during his 226-goal career in North London to pull away from his marker, control Alex Song's incisive pass and slide a shot into the far corner.
Henry beat his chest by way of celebration and ran to embrace Wenger. At the full-time whistle, his raised his hands to the heavens and may have shed a tear as he had before Christmas when his likeness was unveiled outside the stadium.
Then he drank in the adulation of the crowd.
This victory hands Arsenal a Fourth Round tie against Aston Villa in late January. But perhaps more importantly, Henry's contribution also gave Wenger's men a timely boost when they seemed to be wobbling just a little.
At 34, Henry is not going to provide this sort of drama every week for the next two months.
But class is permanent and Arsenal are all the better for the King's return.
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