Thierry Henry has given his opinion on the start that Alexandre Lacazette has made to his life at Arsenal in the Premier League. The Sky Sports pundit who is rated as one of Arsenal’s finest ever players, believes his fellow countryman Lacazette is a good signing and has mad a positive start to life at the club, but he feels it may take time for the striker to really hit the ground running at the club.

Lacazette took just 94 seconds to get off the mark on his Arsenal debut, scoring the first goal of a 4-3 win over Leicester at the Emirates Stadium last Friday. Pundit Henry was full of praise for the new no.9, saying that his overall play is on point.

“I like him,” Henry told Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football. “His overall play is on point. Obviously he is going to have to score goals and goals and goals to get the crowd going, but the way he has started is very good for me.”

“The most important thing is that he does score goals. Obviously I am going to be biased because he is French and he plays for Arsenal but I like his overall play. Very neat, very clean, he does whatever the game is asking him to do.”

Henry was critical of Arsenal’s ignorance to play the ball into space for Lacazette though, noting that the striker’s pace means he can run past defenders to collect the ball, something that was ignored by the Gunners’ midfielders.

“Granit Xhaka has it in his locker to play that ball over the top,” added Henry. “He has an amazing left foot. If he has time on the ball he does not need to play through the middle sometimes.”

“Why do you want to play what I call ‘the Arsenal ball’ to the winger who comes in the pocket? Why don’t you play the other ball? That’s the best ball in the game because you go straight to goal. They don’t like it.”

“Does he lose the ball? No, he doesn’t lose the ball. Does it look pretty? Yes, it looks pretty. But we want to go to goal. That’s where we want to go. Can he play that pass? It is not difficult for Xhaka. They are going to have to learn with Lacazette.”

Henry also gave an insight into where he believes Lacazette will fit into the squad if Alexis Sanchez returns, and if Olivier Giroud comes int the side.

“Because he is so sound and good on the ball, he can play on the left or on the right, but for me he is a No.9. When the big man comes back and hopefully he is going to come back soon, Alexis Sanchez, he is going to play on the left.”

“I think Lacazette is going to play in the centre. That is where I would like to see him play. Giroud can offer a lot and he showed that but I would love to see the partnership that Sanchez and Lacazette can create.”