Thierry Henry's Super Sunday preview

Thierry Henry insists he still gets excited when Arsenal face Manchester United and believes it remains the game in English football that everybody looks forward to.

The Sky Sports pundit was involved in some titanic battles between the two sides during his eight-year career in north London.

During that time both teams fought for the Premier League title on a regular basis but despite the emergence of Chelsea and Manchester City, Henry is relishing the Super Sunday showdown between two enduring heavyweights.

"When Arsenal play Manchester United it will always bring me back to my time," the former Arsenal striker told Sky Sports. "It was the game you couldn't lose.

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"I'm excited as a fan and as a football man. Everyone is waiting for the game and hopefully something will happen.

"I always get excited about it because it was always the game and it is still the game."

Henry featured regularly against United during his time at Arsenal and announced himself to the fixture with a spectacular volley against Sir Alex Ferguson's side in 2000.

That goal earned Arsenal a 1-0 win over their rivals and the Frenchman went on to hit another nine against United during his time with the Gunners.

"From a personal point of view it means everything to me because at that time the two teams were only the two sides winning the title," Henry added.

"Hopefully it will for Arsenal, but for me it means everything because it used to be the game and at times it wasn't much of a football game.

"It was more of a battle with arguments, crazy moments, crazy goals and last-minute goals."

Henry thinks the way both sides are defending at the moment could make for a thriller at the Emirates.

"Arsenal are conceding at the moment and United are too, so we will see," he said.

"The two sides aren't defending well as teams but we all know what both can do offensively. It looks like Laurent Koscielny will be out for Arsenal.

"That's massive as he's the organiser and hard man in defence for Arsenal. He's the guy who talks and he scares people. If I was playing for United I'd be happy Koscielny wasn't playing.

"On the other hand, if I was Arsenal, I'd be targeting Daley Blind. Not because he's not a good player because he is - he's amazing on the ball. However, he's not used to playing as a centre-back and sometimes you see his lack of physical abilities playing in that position."

He added: "As everyone knows I am not a neutral but as a neutral you want to see goals, you want to see entertainment, you want to see challenges in the right way and you want to see a battle.

"Hopefully we'll see goals and get a good game."