Favourite Arsenal goal in the Wenger era

[Marc Overmars]

Cole vs Villa.

Another perfect Bergkamp assist.

[Letters]

Bergkamp's vision was unmatched. I've never seen anything like it.

Bergkamp > Ozil, clearly, but Ozil has the ability to play similar balls. Next season if we have a player who will make the right runs he could be very effective.

[LDG]

Bergkamp's vision was unmatched. I've never seen anything like it.

Just from that clip alone, you can tell he was pulling most of the strings.

The movement all over the place, and the way it was all orchestrated is just something else.

How that team never became European Champions, I'll never know.

[Munchies]

^ Nearly did in 04. Don't remind me of that cunt Bridge's goal, I blocked it out for ages.

Just saw that whole 7-0 vid...

Bergkamp

[Power n Glory]

Yeah, for sheer quality, class and other-worldliness, I'd have to agree.

For what it meant to me, though, I'd say Overmars, because it was the time I knew we were on the way to finally winning the league....magic moment.

That was a magic moment. That year was just tremendous! Anelka's debut season, Overmars and Bergkamp, the FA Cup....I miss those days.

[Ernesto]

Oh goodness, the FA Cup win at OT was a classic. Wiltord's goal was lovely, but the Giggs miss is just such a classic.

Not even just that it went over, but that the defending was such a farce: Keown slips, Seaman goes to ground and doesn't get there, Campbell falls over... and still over the bar

I've been told that in the build-up to that second wiltord goal in the cup game, every outfield Arsenal player got a touchon the ball (with the exception of Jeffers, whose clever running off the ball was enough to drag the defence away and make space for Wiltord's shot)

[IBK]

Sublime goal. In that same season I think he did an outrageous chip goal and that beauty of an assist to Ljunberg against Juve.

This. Nothing. Better. Ever.

[IBK]

This. Nothing. Better. Ever.

But also - remember this one?

A warrior with a cool head and a stare that could melt the ice caps, his most glorious moment of that Double Winning season came in a tense and much fabled North London derby that April. With Arsenal closing in on the title and the scores locked at 1-1 in the final minute, Henry was fouled in the area and won a penalty. With regular taker Henry off the pitch receiving treatment, Lauren gamely stepped up to the pressure cooker. It was truly one of those slow motion moments; I remember peering on from the Clock End, all of us gripping each other, unable to stomach the unbearable tension. A Hollywood Director could have carte blanche with a moment like this, a stadium full of people collectively inhaling; the sound of silence punctuated only by 38,000 hearts thumping in chests as Lauren mops his brow and coolly rolls the ball down the middle of the goal at about 1mph. There is a mutual heart skipping as the ball brushes the studs of keeper Kasey Keller, but nevertheless has just enough puff to roll over the goal line unperturbed. It really was one of the most heart rendering and iconic moments of that season. As well as winning an F.A. Cup and Premiership Winners medal that year, Lauren won the 2002 African Nations Cup with Cameroon, once again Lauren successfully despatched in the Final shoot out with Senegal. The player continually proved himself to be a man for the big occasion. He would prove his unswerving commitment to his club shortly afterwards, announcing his retirement from international football that year at the age of 26, citing his focus on club matters as his reason. Personally, I`ve never forgotten that, even if most people have.


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