5E
Pjg' goal of
WALKING ALONG, SINGING A SONG, WALKING IN A BERGKAMP WONDERLAND."
would score first, me or Chris Armstrong,
who had just signed for Spurs. So it was
good to get that goal and from then on I
really started.
6. v Sunderland - January 15,1997,
Roker Park
have seen Zidane do it
sSl a few times since. I
had it under my feet, rolled it past the
defender, then curled it into the top
corner. Then I ran off with my hand over
my mouth as if to say 'what a goal'. It
was probably a bit arrogant but we
enjoyed it at the time! I remember
Stephen Hughes and Nigel Winterburn
celebrated with me, and people asked me
why we celebrated like that, but that was
the reason - because it was a good goal!
7. v Southampton - September 23,
1995. Highbury
My
second
the
of my
Arsenal career. I think it was due to the
relief of scoring that first goal that it
gave me the freedom to try this. It was
quite a long way out, I thought why not
have a go? And luckily it worked out. I
don't think it was a goal I would have
attempted if I hadn't already scored that
day. My confidence was up to shoot
from that distance.
8. v Bayer Leverkusen - February 27,
2002, Highbury
I enjoyed this goal, the chip. I had
scored a lot of goals like that in Holland,
but for some reason in my Arsenal
career I had only done it a few times. In
Holland it had almost become my
trademark, I was famous for it. As soon
as I went one-on-one with the 'keeper I
keeper
by
chipping it. I scored plenty of those for
Ajax, but only three or four for Arsenal,
so that was quite nice.
9. v Queens Park Rangers - March 2,
1996, Loftus Road
it! It was a cross from the right by Lee
Dixon and I just caught it perfectly. It
was one of those moments when you
run into it, your feet are perfect, you
don't have to break stride and then
bang! It's the same with a golf shot
every now and then. It went so hard and
I remember we laughed about it
afterwards in the changing room
because it had been hit so hard.
There was also that one against
Southampton at the Dell when I
smashed it in after shrugging off a
defender a couple of years later, but I
think I'll put this one in.
10. v West Bromwich Albion - April 15,
2006, Highbury
My last ever goal for Arsenal as it turned
out, and on 'Dennis Bergkamp Day' too!
It was nice to give everyone a little
reminder that I could curl the ball into
the net beyond the 'keeper. I scored a
few like that in the 1998 season, I
remember against Barnsley that year
especially I scored one from the edge of
the area, just wide of the 'keeper. So it
was nice to do that again on that day
last season.
