Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says Robin van Persie - like Thierry Henry - has had to learn the art of goal scoring.

For the Gunners legends, Wenger says it has been nurture more than nature.

"They have similarities, Thierry and Robin," he told arsenal.com.

"At the start they are not goalscorers, they are football players who you expect to create something special. You do not think they have to score so many goals, they added that to their game.

"Someone like Alan Shearer was a goalscorer first but they are more link players Robin van Persie and Thierry Henry. They are creative players and not just on the end of things.

"Even at the start of the season, people ask 'why is Robin playing centre forward, he is not a centre forward'. But both have the intelligence to be in the right place at the right moment."