Henry: Sometimes I need to learn

Thierry Henry reflected on a tumultous few days and insisted he had no regrets about his behaviour.

Henry stayed in London as his Arsenal team-mates flew to Porto in search of the point they require to qualify for the knock-out stage of the Champions League.

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The French striker was already suspended from tonight's European tie and is now consigned to the injury-list for about a month because of sciatic nerve problems.

So, after a day of treatment, Henry was on fashion parade as he was unveiled as the new face of fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger, at a swanky launch in Mayfair.

It was his first public appearance since his unscheduled early exit from the Arsenal training ground on Friday morning, ahead of the north London derby against Tottenham.

The Gunners have stressed that there was no bust-up and that there is no rift developing between manager Arsene Wenger and his captain.

Henry initially said he was "upset" because he was to be rested from the Spurs game and has agreed to accept Wenger's advice and take a break as his body recovers from the strains of too much top-level football.

Yesterday, asked whether he wished he had reacted differently, Henry said: "I would do nothing different. I left the training ground because I didn't have anything else to do."

He appears to have accepted Wenger's plan to make sure his main striker is fresh and fully fit for the second half of the season.

"I am more than relaxed. I am smiling," said Henry, before talking about his fitness concerns.

"I would rather go on the pitch injured but sometimes, like after the Ireland game with France, I started to have a hernia and that was not going to do me any good and I stopped," he said.

"Arsene has made everything clear. After the game we had a discussion but the boss talked on Monday because we had an important game on Saturday and we have an important game tomorrow.

"Sometimes I need to learn. I already put myself in the position of being injured because I wanted to play and help the team.

"On Saturday, the team didn't need me. They had an amazing game. It was tremendous.

"Adebayor has received a lot of critics recently for not finishing and he had an amazing finish on Saturday. I was upset because we beat Spurs and instead you talk about them not winning for a long time and not scoring a goal in open-play away from home, and you speculate about me."