Arsenal: Dennis Bergkamp's 10 greatest goals of all time as Gunners legend celebrates birthday

Arsenal could instrumentality a measurement person to their archetypal Premier League rubric successful 22 years by beating West Ham United connected Sunday afternoon, and a triumph would beryllium to beryllium the cleanable day contiguous for a subordinate who was successful the Gunners' ranks erstwhile they past conquered the land.

The delightful Dennis Bergkamp was approaching the twilight of his vocation erstwhile Arsene Wenger's Invincibles went done the full 2003-04 Premier League play unbeaten, but the Netherlands fable nevertheless provided 11 extremity contributions to rightfully gain his 3rd top-flight winners' medal successful reddish and white.

Arsene Wenger's main playmaker had already collected honours successful 1998 and 2002 astatine Highbury, wherever adjacent successful his mid-30s helium continued to terrorise opposing defences, managing 20 extremity contributions successful 29 Premier League matches during his penultimate play astatine the club.

Bergkamp's farewell run successful 2005-06 was not truthful prolific and ended successful heartbreak during the Champions League final, which helium was an unused substitute for, but that does not diminish the Dutchman's bonzer bequest successful North London.

Bergkamp racked up implicit a period of goals and assists during 11 stellar years astatine Arsenal, statistic that earned him spots successful some the English Football and Premier League Hall of Fame, arsenic good arsenic an FWA Tribute Award past year.

To people the peculiar occasion, Sports Mole looks backmost astatine Bergkamp's 10 top goals of each time.

10. Arsenal (vs. Tottenham Hotspur)

A existent quality to commencement disconnected the list; the onslaught is made adjacent much peculiar by the information that it came against Arsenal's bitter rivals Tottenham Hotspur astatine Highbury successful November 1996.

Ian Wright did brilliantly successful a wide presumption to find a transverse to the backmost station earlier Bergkamp effortlessly took the shot retired of the aerial and fired the shot into the backmost of the net.

The interaction from the Dutchman successful specified a large crippled was simply retired of this world.

9. Arsenal (vs. Derby County)

Another implicit beauty: Bergkamp's onslaught against Derby during the 1996-97 Premier League run has to beryllium included arsenic 1 of his 10 top goals.

The shot successful the build-up to the extremity was really rather scrappy arsenic the Rams desperately attempted to wide their lines, but the extremity effect was conscionable stunning.

Indeed, Bergkamp managed to compression distant from the defender wrong the punishment container earlier lifting a rather fantastic right-footed decorativeness implicit the goalkeeper.

8. Arsenal (vs. Bayer Leverkusen)

David Seaman was near clapping, astir successful disbelief, arsenic Bergkamp produced a fantastic decorativeness against Bayer Leverkusen successful the Champions League successful February 2002.

There are possibly much spectacular goals connected the list, but the forward's consciousness to make the abstraction earlier lifting the shot implicit the goalkeeper was conscionable sensational.

The information that Bergkamp was falling to the crushed and inactive managed to make the powerfulness required to find the backmost of the nett is simply a further denotation of conscionable however peculiar it was.

7. Inter Milan (vs. Rapid Bucharest)

No database of goals is implicit without a spectacular volley.

Bergkamp scored 22 times for Inter earlier leaving for Arsenal and arguably 1 of his champion for the Italian giants came against Rapid Bucharest successful the UEFA Cup successful September 1993.

The Dutchman really scored a hat-trick successful that peculiar clash, and the 2nd was a fantastic bicycle footwear into the bottommost country of the net.

6. Arsenal (vs. Sunderland)

Another peculiar extremity from Bergkamp successful an Arsenal garment came successful the FA Cup successful January 1997.

There was thing precise acquainted astir the extremity arsenic helium picked up the shot successful a mostly unthreatening presumption earlier dancing his mode into the Sunderland punishment box.

The decorativeness from astir a lasting commencement was fantastic and deserves to beryllium reasonably precocious connected this peculiar list.

5. Arsenal (vs. Leicester City)

This 1 is simply a small spot antithetic and possibly not the benignant of extremity Bergkamp was known for.

Indeed, during the Premier League clash distant to Leicester City successful August 1997, helium curled an unstoppable effort into the apical country of the nett from distance.

There was thing fancy astir the build-up arsenic helium simply collected a abbreviated pass, but the decorativeness from the Dutchman was sensational, leaving the goalkeeper with perfectly nary chance.

4. Netherlands (vs. Argentina)

This is simply a wonderful, fantastic goal, and the information that it came successful the quarter-final of the 1998 World Cup surely makes it adjacent much special.

Bergkamp's onslaught really sent the Netherlands into the semi-finals of the competition, with the 90th-minute effort leaving Argentina abbreviated of clip to reply.

The archetypal interaction from the attacker is conscionable retired of this satellite and helium past needed conscionable 2 much touches to nonstop the shot into the backmost of the net, sparking chaotic celebrations from the Dutch supporters.

3. Ajax (vs. Vitesse)

Ajax were specified a immense portion of Bergkamp's career, and determination is nary question that helium scored immoderate fantastic goals during his clip with the Dutch outfit; successful fact, determination could person been a apical 10 conscionable for those.

Arguably his champion extremity for the Amsterdam nine came against Vitesse successful 1993.

Indeed, the archetypal interaction to instrumentality the shot distant from the defender is utterly ridiculous and to past person the composure to assistance the shot implicit the onrushing goalkeeper is sublime. A definite Louis van Gaal was the Ajax manager astatine the time, and the extremity near him perfectly delighted.

2. Arsenal (vs. Leicester)

The 2nd of 2 stunning goals against Leicester successful August 1997 places 2nd connected this list.

The shot successful the build-up was precise slick, but the existent people came astatine the extremity of the determination arsenic Bergkamp took the shot distant from the defender earlier uncovering the backmost of the nett with different unthinkable finish.

Using some his near and close foot, the Dutchman managed to enactment the shot into a shooting presumption earlier converting, and the effort is precise unfortunate to miss retired connected archetypal position.

1. Arsenal (vs. Newcastle United)

This was ever going to beryllium archetypal successful the list.

It is simply a simply sublime extremity for a fig of reasons, and determination is nary question that it volition beryllium remembered arsenic 1 of the all-time large Premier League strikes.

Robert Pires recovered the walk into Bergkamp, who someway managed to scoop the shot astir Newcastle defender Nikos Dabizas successful 1 question earlier slotting the shot past Shay Given.

Pires's walk was really somewhat down the Dutchman, but helium managed to manipulate the shot into a shooting presumption earlier cautiously uncovering the bottommost corner.