Henry 'hates' being compared to box strikers like Van Nistelrooy and Shearer

Arsenal legend Thierry Henry admitted he hates being mislabelled as purely a goal-scorer.

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00:00 I want to go to something. People always talk about my goals.

00:04 I couldn't care less about the goals.

00:07 I was performing for my team and people never talk about my assists.

00:12 That used to piss me off because I wasn't your usual striker.

00:18 I wasn't your usual striker.

00:20 And when people put me in the same bracket as a box player, I said, "Don't do that.

00:25 Do not do that." We don't do the same thing.

00:28 We never used to do the same thing.

00:30 Do not compare me to a guy that used to stand in the box and receive crosses

00:34 and a guy who could take the ball from everywhere and assist and score.

00:37 And Bapé has that style. You have R9 with that style.

00:40 You have players that were stepping out of the box.

00:44 If you compare a box player, I was very different than Alan Smith.

00:49 I was very different than Alan Shearer. I'm very different than Deity.

00:52 I'm very different than Agüero. I'm very different than Ruud van Distelrooy.