Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. 75 Drayton Park De Bruyne drives his team forward and he has excellent technique too.

I learned my touch and my technique by kicking a ball against a wall hundreds of times in a row, controlling it time and time again, and from playing games for hours every night - in the streets, on gravel, wherever. 'On one hand, there are so many clubs who have improved so quickly to a high level, whereas Arsenal, maybe improved, but not to that level.

They beat Lokomotiv Leipzig 1-0. I think they can do that because, in their youth, they played a lot with the ball. Sometimes in Premier League games I see players who have to look at the ball for every touch. During the interview, there are several breaks to take a look at the various mementos, most found in book cases or hanging on walls. I guess when you have a lot of money, though, the first option is always to buy - and buy big - rather than invest in the youth, which is a shame. Now he has it. Bergkamp's Premier League record was P315 W186 D79 L50, so he took more than two points a game on average with a win rate of 59 per cent. Dennis Bergkamp has gone down in history of one the Club's greatest players of all time, having scored 120 goals from 423 appearances over 11 trophy-laden seasons with Arsenal. He added a stunning second on 68 minutes. They will need that patience too. I always called it the pre-assist - the moment that splits the defence and leads to a goal, even if it isn't the final pass. For example, Liverpool's Roberto Firmino is a player now who you have to see yourself to appreciate what he brings to his team. Bergkamp scored 69 (58 per cent) of his 120 goals at home, 50 away and one on neutral ground - but his actual strike rates for home and away games were very similar, claiming one in every 3.46 games on the road, and one every 3.39 at home. Most people look at players and they say 'oh, what a good technique', or 'he works very hard'. When you finish eighth, like they did last season, it is a big challenge to get players of the level of Thierry Henry or Robert Pires. He's been excellent for many years without getting the individual recognition he deserves. Sometimes you just want the player to have to think for himself - but can they do it? Published: 12:45 BST, 11 October 2019 | Updated: 15:49 BST, 11 October 2019. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. One is a gift from the father of former Arsenal team-mate Robin van Persie, Bob - a giant No 10 mural which the former striker's dad made himself. Copyright 2020 The Arsenal Football Club plc. My philosophy as a coach is based on my whole career and my life, but the decisions I wanted to be made when I was at Arsenal were more based on me wanting success. By that I mean I was a player who could solve problems myself - I didn't really need a manager or coach for that. But I also had to be inventive to know when to use them, and I had to work that out for myself. They are taught more nowadays and it seems that the creativity has gone a little bit. I wouldn't be working for the sake of it; just to go to work and come home again. It's 14 years since I stopped playing and football has changed a lot. He also scored twice at Wembley in what were officially home games in the Champions League. I always thought I could improve, and you can too. Bergkamp averaged an assist once every 3.35 games, and his most prolific season in terms of assists was 1998/99 (13). With some players, their numbers do not do them justice. Read about our approach to external linking. As a teenager, I once got demoted to a lower team at Ajax, to provoke a reaction from me.

After joining from Inter Milan in June 1995, Bergkamp, then 26, made his Gunners debut on the opening day of the 1995/96 season - a 1-1 draw with Middlesbrough at Highbury on August 20, 1995. They are already comfortable and they are available whenever you need them. Dennis Bergkamp was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan. It's difficult to say if it's better or worse, well better, of course, is always shown in trophies, which aren't there at the moment. They are all things you can learn; they are the tools you need. It doesn't have to be somewhere a player is obviously lacking, but it can be somewhere that you want to test them. What I have in mind is a role that worked for me at Ajax, which was a lot like the one I had as a player - a little bit in between the lines.
Maybe in the future there will be a rule for it, like the 'six and five' rule that Fifa once discussed, where you had to have five homegrown players in your team. Arsenal players with more than 100 Premier League goals and assists combined. They don't have to look at it - they see the space instead, which is the most important thing in football. The time they have with their coaches is sometimes the only time they play. I had a discussion with Arsene once about them, and he said to me, because I was in my 30s: 'I can see from your stats that your level is dropping after 60 or 70 minutes, that's why I take you off most of the time.'. In fact the former Ajax forward assisted 94 Premier League goals for Arsenal, which is 20 more than the next most for the Club in the competition (Thierry Henry). Dennis Bergkamp, pictured on 13 May 1987 playing for Ajax in the European Cup Winners' Cup final. Freddie Flintoff opens up about his battle. I had success doing it at Ajax - where I wasn't an assistant or a second assistant, I was on the training pitch - and I am a big believer that it would work with the other big clubs in Europe as well. He demanded a lot and I feel it's important that I teach the same lessons now. I'd like a challenge and to be really responsible for developing players and bringing them through. He played a superb through-ball for Ian Wright to run onto and score late in the match.
During his 11-year Arsenal career he won 10 major honours (three league titles, four FA Cups and three Charity Shields) and a host of individual awards. Stats correct as at February 20, 2014. That was my generation and the generations before. Who he scored against To close a submenu press the escape key. Sometimes it's good, but a lot of times, you don't really feel that it's the Arsenal how we know it, with the passion and a few players who make the difference. Sometimes the youth team and first team can be like two islands. Again, it's an area where things are evolving all the time. Incidentally, Bergkamp’s first ever game for Arsenal was a pre-season friendly, against Kristianstads in Sweden on July 26, and the Dutchman scored a six-minute hat-trick in an 8-1 win. The Dutch icon spent 11 years of his trophy-laden career at Arsenal where he played alongside Wright for three seasons. Sitting down to chat, the pair reminisced on the glory days at the Gunners, talking about great goals and title victories. David Silva was another when he was at Manchester City, with his passing rate and how he set the tempo for them to play.