It is 20 years since Thierry Henry sat on Arsenal’s team bus leaving Valencia’s Estadio Mestalla and wondered if he had done the wrong thing by mentioning the racist abuse he had suffered during the game.
‘I was thinking, “Should I have said that?”. It felt like it was taboo. Some people said, “Did he only mention that because they lost?”. Really? I later scored at Panathinaikos and I stood in front of their fans, arms folded in a stoic manner. They had made monkey noises all night. I was criticised for my celebration, even though I explained why.