Arsenal: Thierry Henry mocked Chris Kirkland for time-wasting after scoring in 2007

Thierry Henry took no prisoners at Arsenal.

Widely regarded as the greatest player in Premier League history, Henry carried himself with an air of arrogance that made him a formidable figure for teams up and down the country to come up against.

Not only would he smash one of the greatest goals you’ve ever seen into your net, but he’d probably marry that up with the sort of ‘how about that?’ celebration to make you feel even more hopeless.

That’s not a criticism, by the way, because you’d have to be the most diehard Tottenham Hotspur fan of all time not to at least smile ever so slightly at the sight of Henry showing off his omnipotence.

Ok, well, maybe Chris Kirkland, too, because the former Wigan Athletic goalkeeper doesn’t necessarily have the friendliest memories when it comes to Henry.

We say that because footage of Henry showing some elite s***housery towards Kirkland has once again gone viral and it can be traced back to Arsenal‘s first season at Emirates Stadium and their star player’s last.

Cast your minds back to February 2007 when Wigan were pushing for a historic win in north London when they led 1-0 courtesy of a Denny Landzaat strike that they wanted to uphold by any means necessary.

In other words, like many a team in Wigan’s position, the dark arts of time-wasting came out and Henry couldn’t have been more fired up to make the Latics pay when Arsenal eventually equalised.

With the Gunners finally breaking Wigan’s resistance courtesy of Fitz Hall’s own goal in the 81st minute, Henry decided to let Kirkland know exactly what he thought about his efforts to slow the game down.

In a video that still feels amusing and awkward in equal measure more than 10 years down the line, the Arsenal legend took absolutely