In the Champions League group stage, Arsenal will face Napoli away from home. Ahead of the match, Arsenal legend Henry discussed the club's Champions League prospects for the new season and Arteta's playing style on CBS Sports. He said he hopes Arsenal can recapture the more aggressive attacking approach from two and a half to three years ago while maintaining their current defensive stability.

Thierry, I want to ask you from a coach's perspective. Arteta has his own playing style, one he used to win the Premier League and reach the Champions League final. He's also been criticized for his style, but he's genuinely achieved success with it. You just said he still needs to develop.

Development, or rather, perhaps combining both styles.

Right. So how do you do that?

Henry: Look, this is just my personal opinion. I said last year that I would accept anything to win a trophy. Whatever the style, whatever the method. It's been far too long—22 years without winning the competition.

It's just that sometimes, I see people discussing Mikel and how he handles matches. For example, in the recent Chelsea match, he chose to hold the line at that point, and that's his approach.

So sometimes I don't understand why people are still surprised by how he handles matches. But personally, I'd like to see the team combine the playing style from two and a half to three years ago with their current defensive performance when they don't have the ball.

Ultimately, as I've said before and will say again, from a results perspective, and not even just "on paper," this is the best season in Arsenal's history. They've won the league and reached the Champions League final. No Arsenal team has done that before. He did it his way, so on that point, no one can say anything.

He was successful last season. I'm just saying, now that you're champions, I hope sometimes the team can give us a bit more, combining the current playing style with the approach from two and a half to three years ago.

Last season, Arsenal enjoyed winning the Premier League, then lost to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final. Thierry, how do you think current Arsenal will begin their European campaign this season?

I think they'll be very confident, especially considering how Arsenal handles away matches. We all know how they'll play. If you look at Arsenal's recent match against Aston Villa, they were very tight. There weren't many chances in the game, but they also didn't give their opponent many chances, and ultimately won 1-0. I think their home performances have been much better, particularly against Coventry. Against Chelsea, I thought the first hour was good, even better than good. But in the final 30 minutes, we had to defend around our penalty box. However, we didn't concede and held onto our 2-1 lead.

So we'll have to keep watching. Now we've seen that some players seem to be returning to the form they had two and a half to three years ago. I can give you the example of Odegaard; he's scored twice as many goals this season compared to last season. Of course, he only scored one last season, so doing that wasn't too difficult.

However, whether on or off the pitch, I always say the same thing. I want to see the team combine the performance they had two and a half to three years ago with their current defensive stability when they don't have the ball. If any team last season pressed better than them, I think it was perhaps Paris Saint-Germain. But when the team drops deep to defend, I don't think any team can do it better than Arsenal.

I'm referring to how they handle deep defense. But sometimes, in a match, you also need to attack actively. So I hope this year will be different. Because we've crossed the threshold of being league champions; we are champions now. Perhaps the team will have a bit more confidence, something like: "Come on, let's play."

I'm also very keen to see how they perform away against Napoli today. But Jamie always says that in a Champions League away match, however you win, as long as you get a victory, that's a good result.

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