 At Barcelona , Henry was given the number 14 jersey , the same as he had worn at Arsenal . He scored his first goal for his new club on 19 September 2007 in a 3 – 0 Champions League group stage win over Lyon , and he recorded his first hat @-@ trick for Barça in a Primera División match against Levante ten days later . But with Henry mostly deployed on the wing throughout the season , he was unable to reproduce the goal @-@ scoring form he achieved with Arsenal . He expressed dissatisfaction with the move to Barcelona in the initial year , amidst widespread speculation of a return to the Premier League . In an interview with Garth Crooks on BBC Football Focus , Henry described missing life " back home " and even " the English press . " However , Henry concluded his debut season as the club 's top scorer with 19 goals in addition to nine league assists , second behind Lionel Messi 's ten . 
