Champions League: Henry was wooed by Saka and Trossard’s performance against PSV

 Arsenal legend Thierry Henry was blown away by Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard who helped Arsenal rip apart PSV in the Champions League on Wednesday night.

After a six-year absence, Arsenal made a return to the Champions League, with none other than Saka being the one to score the opening goal.

The 22-year-old pounced on a goalkeeping error after a shot from Martin Odegaard, with Thierry Henry stating ‘he is scoring goals like a striker now’, as he told CBS Sports.

Saka then turned provider for Leandro Trossard to get his own first Champions League goal, with Thierry Henry amazed by the ‘awareness’ the Hale-End star showcased to help find his teammate on the edge of the box.

Arsenal fans were in party mode by this time because, after 20 minutes, they were dominating and all over their Dutch opponents.

 But the Premier League title-chasing side didn’t stop there, with Gabriel Jesus and captain Martin Odegaard joining the party to seal a stunning opening night in the Champions League for the Gunners.

 “We talked about Saka at the beginning,” said Henry. “We can see Odegaard having a strike. I think the goalkeeper should have pushed that into the corner.

“But Saka is there, the man, scoring even goals like a striker now. Just following the shot.

“Then here, they linked up ever so well, Saka puts him, awareness, he waits for Trossard, make no mistake, that’s a hell of an awareness pass at the edge of the box. But what a finish from Trossard.

“Then here, I love how you don’t have to pass people just to serve your teammates. What a cross with his left foot, Trossard. He (Gabriel Jesus) controlled it and smashed it into the net.”

However, Henry thinks Arsenal’s congested fixture schedule this season could hinder their chances in the Champions League.

 When asked by Carragher if he believes Arsenal are capable of winning the Champions League, Henry said after the 4-0 win over PSV: ‘It’s early, Jamie, really.’

Carragher then replied: ‘The reason I ask, I get what you’re saying, it’s the first time they’ve been in it for a long time if you think of the strength of the Premier League, they are probably the closest challengers to Man City in the Premier League.’

Henry then said: ‘As a fan, I want them to win it. As a fan, I wish we could win it.

‘But the depth, playing the league, playing all the competitions that you have to play in England… it might be too much.

 ‘But if you said to me that Inter would get to the final last year I would’ve said no right from the start. If you said AC Milan would get to the semi-final

I would’ve said no.

‘If you said to me, also, although I was playing for Arsenal, with that team we went to the final in 2006 I would’ve said no, the way the season was going, but we went.

‘So you’ve got to believe, you never know what can happen, you have teams that are way ahead in terms of what people would say in terms of being in the competition, playing already, big games in that competition, winning it already, so those guys are ahead.

‘But as you know, if you go through the group stage, who will you play, are you on the right side of the draw or not? I don’t have anything against Italian teams but last year they were on the right side of the draw, whatever people are saying to me. That also matters but as an Arsenal man I would love them to win it, obviously.’