Thierry Henry hopes Arsenal can go one better than 2006 Champions League team

Arsenal great Thierry Henry admits his former side are “not at the level” of Champions League final opponents Paris St Germain.

Henry captained the Gunners to a runners-up finish in the competition in 2006, losing to Barcelona in the showpiece, and is desperate to see the current crop go one better.

“We’re not in a position to pick and choose. We’re not at the level of those guys yet so you’ve got to be humble with it,” Henry told CBS Sports.

“Hopefully we go there and be brave but we have to beat and battle against the champions so it won’t be easy, we know that.

Henry has an emotional attachment to Arsenal’s European ambitions given his own near miss in Paris two decades ago and hopes the long wait is soon over.

“I woke up with a smile, they are are about to do something that I couldn’t do myself,” he said.

“You want your team to win. I didn’t experience it as a player, the second thing I can experience it as is a fan. Hopefully it is going to happen.

“We’ve been pretty resilient, difficult to score against. We don’t over-create but when we do create, we end up putting the ball in the net.”