There are moments in football that remain in the memory. Your team or country has won a major honor, perhaps a goal by a home-produced striker or maybe a debutant's hat trick.

Thierry Henry has given his adopted country enough memories to fill a DVD, but the spontaneous explosion of absolute joy after he scored Arsenal's winner in the F.A. Cup tie against Leeds, goal No. 227 for the Gunners, will be high in the book of remembrance of every Arsenal supporter.

Showing the clinical finishing that made him the club's leading goal scorer, Henry stroked the ball past Andy Lonergan 10 minutes after coming on as a substitute. Henry thumped his chest and ran toward Wenger, who is not a man to show emotions with players. Or anyone.