‘I’m Arsenal hero who launched bottle at Thierry Henry – I wished to smash him’
Arsenal legend Thierry Henry was as soon as virtually smashed within the head by a bottle by his hot-headed team-mate.
The Frenchman, 46, virtually got here to blows with former Gunners defender Lauren, 47, who was rubbed the fallacious means by Henry in the course of the first half of a Champions League conflict in opposition to Spanish facet Deportivo La Coruna in 2001.
During the European fixture, the four-time Premier League Golden Boot winner anticipated a brief move from the Cameroonian right-back however as a substitute acquired a protracted ball that grew to become an opportunity misplaced for A rsenal with the ball going into Deportivo’s possession.
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The miscommunication between the pair led Henry to raised his arms within the air in frustration which pushed Lauren into an offended temper. Embarrassed by the Frenchman’s public annoyance, the two-time Africa Cup of Nations winner stated: “I just went mad”.
“I said to myself, ‘What are you doing that for?'” Lauren informed The Athletic. “It was live on TV, the Champions League, in Spain [where Lauren grew up], and all my family and all my friends watched him raising his hands. I thought, ‘This guy doesn’t know me.” I’m very quiet and humble but if you switch the wrong button I don’t mind to face anyone. I just went mad.'”
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Entering the altering room at half-time, Lauren could not management himself any longer as he hurled a bottle at Henry however as a substitute of connecting with the Frenchman’s face, he brutalised a mirror as a substitute. “I waited for everyone to come inside the dressing room and when Thierry came in I took this bottle and threw it at him and it smashed the mirror,” he added.
“I nearly broke the dressing room. I wanted to smash him but I didn’t do it because we wouldn’t win without Thierry of course.” The right-back stated his antics shocked his team-mates however insisted the near-brawl was all the way down to their intense competitiveness.
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“Everyone was surprised. “Why is this guy doing this to Thierry Henry?!” We were all competitive players with ambition,” he continued. Lauren and Henry each left Arsenal in 2007 after two Premier League titles, three FA Cup’s and one Champions League ultimate look which they misplaced 2-1 to Barcelona the season earlier than their departure.
