You hear it said very often that strikers are selfish, that they live for scoring goals and that's it. At Arsenal down the years we've seen some players who have been like that, and others who are comfortable enough with themselves that they're more open to sharing. Think of Thierry Henry who remains the only player in Premier League history to score more than 20 goals and get 20 assists in the one season. There's also Dennis Bergkamp who probably loved to provide more than he did to score. Or, at the very least, he got as much out of setting up a goal as scoring one. And right now at Arsenal we have a slightly curious situation, one where a friendship between two forwards is, I believe,...
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