Didier Drogba remains a dangerous player who continues to haunt Arsenal, Arsene Wenger said after the 38-year-old scored against the Gunners yet again.
The former Chelsea star entered Thursday's MLS All-Star Game with a remarkable scoring record of 15 goals in 16 games against Arsenal, and he was on target again with a goal on the stroke of half-time.
Arsenal went on to win 2-1, but Wenger said he was still impressed by Drogba's knack for finding the net.
"He has always harmed us, and he continues. He's a winner and I think that he'll be like that until the end of his life," Wenger said. "At half-time, I was thinking 'He's still haunting us, even in the United States!'
"Drogba is a typical poacher of a goal. He can do that in the box. When I see him in the box and fighting with young defenders I always think that now there is danger there because you know he will get the upper hand and score you a goal and that's what he did."
Drogba, now with the Montreal Impact, said he was disappointed that the MLS side fell short after Chuba Akpom's 87th-minute winner for Arsenal.
But he did admit it was fun to score against his former teammate Petr Cech, though he said the Arsenal goalkeeper teased him right back.
"I want to help my team to win games. And I always say that the goal that I score and then we lose, for me that doesn't count," Drogba said.
"For me it's for fun because I scored against Petr [Cech], but the result matters more than my goal or my own performance. It's a bit disappointing to have lost this game in the last minute.
"I hate losing. So for fun, I will have fun with Petr because I scored. But he already killed me and said 'This time I give you the goal.' But apart from that, no, the result I'm not happy with."