Why Thierry Henry would 'get angry' with Arsenal team-mates

Thierry Henry was obsessed with being the best ‘every single day of his life’ and used to ‘get mad’ with his former Arsenal team-mates.

That’s according to fellow ex-Arsenal star Lauren – who revealed the World Cup winner would even get ‘angry’ with Edu and Patrick Vieira if he lost a game of cards on the team bus.

On the pitch, he would be furious if his team-mates didn’t pass him the ball or if he didn’t score, such was his desire to impact the big games.

Ultimately, his approach was successful.

Henry left the Premier League, joining Barcelona, as one of the greatest players to grace England’s top-flight and is still the sixth-highest Premier League scorer.

‘Why did Henry become Arsenal’s all-time top scorer? Talent? Because he was really good and a great athlete? No,’ Lauren told The Guardian.

‘Because he wanted to be the best every single day of his life. He never ducked a game, never said “I’ve got a knock”.

‘The session finished and he’d stay to take shots, practice diagonal runs.

‘On the bus, Henry, me, Edu and Vieira played cards and Henry got angry if he lost.

‘You can laugh but it was like that. If you didn’t give him the ball, if he didn’t score, he would get mad. It was horrific.’

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