Premiership: No regrets for Henry
Arsenal striker Thierry Henry claims he has no regrets over his verbal volley at referee Graham Poll.
The Football Association have charge Henry with improper conduct over the incident at the end of the 3-1 Premiership defeat to Newcastle at Highbury on December 18.
But he claimed he only wanted to protest at Poll over some of his decisions during the game which saw one player from each side sent off and Newcastle awarded a controversial late penalty.
Henry told a British broadsheet: "Injustice makes me unhappy."
The Arsenal striker had to be restrained during his televised tirade at Poll but he claimed his energies were directed at his desire for justice.
"If a player kicks me, I don't react. I don't scream," claimed Henry.
"The only time I open my mouth is if there's an injustice. I don't regret what I did at the end of the Newcastle game.
"I didn't swear at the ref. I didn't touch him. I didn't do anything wrong. I just wanted to ask him something.
"It looked bad because my team-mates were holding me back. What is worse: to punch someone as some players have done or to try to talk to the ref as I did?
"I have heard a lot of people saying foreign players don't care, that we come just to take the money, but I love Arsenal. I really care about the people here."
