Bergkamp lauds Henry

THIERRY HENRY is the best striker in Europe on current form, according to his strike partner Dennis Bergkamp.

The France forward was at his imperious best at Elland Road on Saturday as he scored two first-half goals and could easily have had another brace with the backside of team-mate Ray Parlour stopping a late goalbound shot which would have brought up a well-deserved hat-trick.

Henry's international team-mate Robert Pires slipped a goal in between Henry's two strikes and Brazilian Gilberto made it 4-0 five minutes into the second half before Alan Smith's clever deflection from youngster Aaron Lennon's cross brought Leeds some consolation.