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Thierry Henry "thought it was a joke" when he heard about the verbal abuse directed at Arsene Wenger by Arsenal fans following their loss against Stoke City. In December, the Gunners suffered a disappointing 3-2 defeat at the Britannia Stadium, with the team conceding three times in the first 45 minutes. In the wake of the result, manager Wenger was booed and jeered by Arsenal supporters as he boarded a train at Stoke-on-Trent station. Former Gunners striker Henry was saddened to hear of the fans' actions towards the man who signed him from Juventus in 1999. "I thought it was a joke when I first heard about it," he told British newspapers. "You can be upset, I totally understand that, but when I saw what had happened at Stoke it was totally unnecessary. "Fans do have a voice but that was out of order. But in the game we have at the moment, that, unfortunately, is the way it is." Henry went on to reserve praise for Alexis Sanchez, who has scored 18 goals in all competitions -- two of which came in a 3-0 win over Stoke on Sunday -- since his 35 million-pound transfer from Barcelona last summer. "I am trying to think if there has been a better signing in the last five or six years," he said. "Arsenal were looking for a player who could deliver on a daily basis and they have found one. "He sees the game brilliantly as you saw on Sunday [Arsenal's 3-0 win over Stoke]. He doesn't need a lot of opportunities to put the ball in the net and that is very important. "He is always going to score goals but it is his all-round game I am impressed with. That has no price. I, like any Arsenal fan, was waiting to have a player like him. Finally, we have one."
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