Henry was reported to have walked out of the club's Hertfordshire training base on Friday after being told by Wenger that his neck injury had not healed sufficiently for him to be included in the squad to face Spurs.

The French striker attempted to downplay the significance of the incident in a series of media interviews on Saturday morning, and made conspicuous efforts to show his support for his team-mates during the Gunners' victory over their north London rivals.

Henry celebrated the opening goal with the scorer Emmanuel Adebayor and joined his teammates in the post-match huddle, but those gestures of reconciliation do not appear to have appeased Wenger, who will meet Henry on Monday to discuss the incident.

"I don't know exactly what my take on it is yet," he said. "It is difficult because I want to sit down with Thierry, tell him what I expect from him and see where we go from there.

"In terms of preparation and in physical terms, he is not ready to play yet. He will need some time to prepare because he is tired and needs to recover. When you do not play for a while, you need a few days to prepare and get fit.

"I am not happy or unhappy with him. I would first and foremost like to give credit to the team, who played marvellously. It is more important to talk about that than anything else.

"This team is not a one-player team, it would be disrespectful to Thierry to think that. We have 22 players and it's down to me to make a very good team out of them."

Wenger also visibly bristled when asked to comment on Henry's observation - made in a national newspaper on Saturday morning - that Arsenal should seek to strengthen their squad in the January transfer window, preferably with the out-of-favour Chelsea winger Shaun Wright-Phillips.

"I won't sign any players in January," Wenger declared. "We will go until the end of the season with the players that we have here and today they showed they have the quality to go on and do well."

Wenger's mood was at least brightened by his side's performance, which ranked as one of their most fluent at the Emirates Stadium this season.

"It was vital for us to win because our backs were against the wall," he admitted. "It was the right response and also the perfect preparation for Porto."