WALKING ALONG, SINGING A SONG, WALKING IN A BERGKAMP WONDERLAN
ARSENAL FOOTBALL CLUB OFFICIAL PROGRAMME
ordinary so often, then you stop
wondering how he did it or if he
could do it again. I think my all-time
favourite goal would be the one
against Argentina. Everything about
it was perfect in terms of how he
scored it but to do it in the last
minute of a World Cup Quarter Final
- that just raises it to another level
for me.
I would just like to say what a
privilege it has been for the last
seven years playing with Dennis, an
absolute honour. I hope in the
future people will remember that
we had a great partnership together
because I think it would be great to
be remembered alongside a legend
like Dennis.
I hope he gets the best possible
send off tonight and I'm sure he will
do because the fans have always
loved him. It seems just right that
Dennis' match has tied in with such
a historic occasion as the Club's first
game at a new stadium, but that's
Dennis Bergkamp - perfect timing.
knows that the thing that hurts
opponents more than anything else
is to play that killer pass early.
It's that phenomenal vision that has
made him the perfect team player
throughout his career. And of
course Dennis made passes that
weren't only perfectly timed but
didn't seem humanly possible. I
remember one of Freddie's
[Ljungberg] goals against Juventus
at Highbury and don't get me wrong
it was a great run by Freddie, but
have you ever seen the pass Dennis
made to get the ball to him - he
had no right!
And so many of his goals were also
out of this world too, like the
famous one at Newcastle, but when
someone does things out of the
