Arsenal legend Thierry Henry has called on the club's fans to support the side through the bad times as well as the good.

Henry, who has just completed a loan spell at the Emirates, saw the Gunners heavily defeated in their Champions League match against AC Milan on Wednesday, but insists that every side goes through a bad spell.

"Even the generation before that won the double in 1998 or 1971, they had some very bad moments," he told Arsenal Player. "So that is what I would like to say to the fans - do not forget that.

"It was not always nice and pretty, you have to remember that we had some times where we just wanted to go home at the end of the game. The difference is how this team can react and I think this team can do that.

"You have to remember that you go through moments where it is not always nice. If you are an Arsenal fan then you are an Arsenal fan, that's the way it is. Once a Gunner you are always a Gunner, you can't change."

Henry scored 229 goals in 375 appearances in his two spells at the North London club.