Twitter reacts to Thierry Henry attending Atletico De Kolkata's home game

Henry’s in town

Football fans in Calcutta got the rare opportunity of seeing one of their football heroes in the flesh as Thierry Henry graced his presence for the game between Atletico de Kolkata and Mumbai City FC in the ISL.

The Arsenal legend and two-time Premier League winner even spoke to one of the presenters at half time and his gave his opinion on the game. Henry will also be visiting the City of Mumbai where several lucky Arsenal fans will get to have a meet and greet with their hero

Here's how Twitter reacted to his arrival in the City of Joy

 

Football freaks here something
For you Thierry Henry in
Kolkata #LetsFootballWithHenry

— Salia Fernandes (@shanaticniko) October 25, 2016

 

Golden Moment for Indian Football Fans, Thierry Henry is here in India! A warm welcome Champ! #LetsFootballWithHenry

— Ganesh Harikrishnan (@Johnson_Ganesh) October 25, 2016

 

Kolkata is a blessed land! Messi, Maradona, Pele & now Thierry Henry! LetsFootballWithHenry @IndSuperLeague @StarSportsIndia

— Saam Chowdhury (@saam_chowdhury) October 25, 2016

 

#LetsFootballWithHenry
Welcome to india king of football Thierry henry . Miss u sir pic.twitter.com/IHEAMb9t00

— Nikhil Bhoite (@nixbhoite153) October 25, 2016

 

Thierry Henry with #HeroISL trophy during #ATKvMUM . #Indianfootball #LetsFootballWithHenry Photo© #ISL Media
Live - https://t.co/S5DYWnn6kf pic.twitter.com/rVozaXX1EJ

— Khel Now (@KhelNow) October 25, 2016

 

Viera and Forlan in the same team. Henry watching on from the sidelines. Times have changed. #ATKvMUM #ISL2016

— Amartojit Basu (@AmartojitBasu) October 25, 2016

 

Thierry Henry and Sourav Ganguly in the stadium for Kolkata vs Mumbai in @IndSuperLeague . Lucky fans there

— Mayur Date (@imayurdate) October 25, 2016

 

Thierry Henry: "Mujhe Monaco mein khelna hai"
Monaco Manager: "Bhai, Tu thoda ghum ke aaja"
Thierry Henry tours Asia#LetsFootballWithHenry

— Shuvankar Mukherjee (@shuvankr) October 25, 2016

 

One of the finest football player of #france ,the legend @ThierryHenry is in #Hero_isl looking forward to the match #LetsFootballWithHenry

— Gorachand Pahal (@iam_Gorachand) October 25, 2016

 

King @ThierryHenry is in India to support ISL #LetsFootballWithHenry #Arsenal pic.twitter.com/AdhxpJWccW

— Bino K Biji (@Binokbiji) October 25, 2016

 

Henry has followed in the footsteps of other Arsenal legends like Freddie Ljungberg, Robert Pires, Ray Parlour and Sol Campbell in visiting India.