As this feature highlights, Thierry Henry scored many memorable goals throughout his stint with Arsenal.

Not only were there a host of unforgettable efforts, there was also plenty of strikes that carried big significance - including the one that he scored in the North London derby 12 years ago today.

Tottenham Hotspur made the short trip to Highbury with a truly rotten record in this fixture, having won just one of their previous 14 meetings against their greatest rivals.

The writing was on the wall for Spurs early on when Sylvain Wiltord turned in Ashley Cole's cross, only for the linesman's flag to cut short the celebrations.

However, in the 13th minute, Henry took centre stage. A Steffen Freund throw deep in Arsenal territory was cleared and the ball broke for the French striker just outside his own box. From there, he moved forward and held off the attention of Matthew Etherington, before reaching the edge of the Spurs area. Then, having beat two more defenders, he fired a low shot into the bottom corner of Kasey Keller's net.

The situation worsened for Tottenham before the break when Simon Davies was handed his marching orders by referee Mike Riley. Having been cautioned earlier on for a foul on Cole, the midfielder received a second booking in the 35th minute when he tripped Patrick Vieira.

Arsenal would go on to make their numerical advantage count after the restart as goalscorer Henry turned provider. In the 54th minute, he got the better of Ledley King and then laid on a simple chance for Freddie Ljunberg to put the Gunners 2-0 up.

The points were wrapped up in the 71st minute when Robert Pires set up his fellow Frenchman Wiltord to score the home side's third and final goal from close range.

The 3-0 victory extended Arsenal's unbeaten run over Tottenham to 15 matches, and it would be another 14 encounters until Spurs got the better of their neighbours in January 2008.

ARSENAL: Shaaban; Luzhny, Campbell, Cygan, Cole; Wiltord, Silva, Vieira (Van Bronckhorst), Ljungberg; Bergkamp (Pires), Henry (Jeffers)

SPURS: Keller; Carr, Richards, King, Bunjevcevic; Davies, Redknapp (Anderton), Freund, Etherington (Poyet); Sheringham (Iversen), Keane