Soccer: How high can he go?

TELEVISION pictures missed it. Only the photographer Nick Potts, working for the Press Association, tracked Thierry Henry to the corner flag with Ashley Cole after the pair had collaborated on a stunning first goal for Arsenal in their San Siro demolition of Inter Milan in the Champions League.

From virtually a standing position, the 26-year-old contender for world player of the year, propelled himself so high as to assume an ethereal pose. A picture painting a thousand words?

His manager Arsene Wenger, half-reluctantly accepts that Henry is poised to move to a new level, that any time he is on the pitch or near the action, he can create a goal. Such hostages to fortune are rare from Wenger, who is forever battling to protect his priceless asset while dispersing the plaudits throughout the side.