Work to be done to make group stages, says Henry

THIERRY HENRY says it’s “vital” that Arsenal have secured another crack at the Champions League next season — but warned work remains to be done to guarantee a place back among the elite clubs of Europe.

Automatic passage into the group stages is not yet secure — although victory at the Stade de France would hand the Gunners a top seeding.

Henry looked back at the fate suffered by Everton as a case in point, the Toffees having finished fourth in the Premiership, only to then be knocked out of the Champions League qualifiers by Villarreal, whom Arsenal would eventually face in the semi-finals.