Thierry Henry feels he may have found the ideal strike partner in Emmanuel Adebayor.

The Togo international scored his first goal at Highbury in the 3-0 win over Charlton to make it three in seven appearance since joining the Gunners from Monaco during the January transfer window for a fee of around £7million.

Adebayor has been dubbed the 'new Kanu' because of the similarity in stature to the former Arsenal favourite, and although he has been ineligible to play in the Champions League, the 21-year-old, who is 6ft 3ins, adds

presence to the attack.

And Henry believes the African's style complements his own game well.

"Manu is the type of striker who is really nice to play with because he shows the ball well and he does the bad [hard] work," said the Arsenal captain, whose trademark surging runs helped the Gunners maintain their revival with a third straight Barclays Premiership win.

"That is always a plus for me because then I am more free up front, and you can see that in the weeks I have been playing with him - I am more on the ball and also going on the side, trying to set up people to score.

"He gives us a plus because usually we have players like Dennis [Bergkamp] and Robin van Persie who try to get the ball behind, not really trying to shield the ball and wait for the team to come.

"Manu has that, so finally we have the striker who we have been looking for that when you kick the ball forwards, he will be there to shield it."

With van Persie still not fully recovered from a broken toe and Jose Antonio Reyes struggling with a hamstring problem, manager Arsene Wenger is glad to see Adebayor is adapting quickly to the English game.

"Adebayor is a bit more in-the-air player. He works hard and overall he gives a little bit more freedom to Thierry," reflected the Arsenal boss.

However, Wenger maintained: "I do not think it will change the way we want to play the game, but it gives us another option when you have no other resources."

Adebayor's start to his Arsenal career was delayed by participation for the Sparrow Hawks at the African Nations Cup.

As well as making the most of Hermann Hreidarsson's dreadful error to stab in his first Highbury goal after 32 minutes, he was presented with simpler scoring chances.

Despite not taking all the opportunities which can his way, Adebayor is more than happy with the way things have progressed.

"I felt I needed time to adjust over here and now I feel I am settling in," he said.

"I have had a lot of chances to score a lot of goals, sometimes I have three chances and do not score. Against Charlton, I had three or four chances and scored one.

"I am still young and growing up, but I have my head on my shoulders and know what I have to do to prepare. From then on, I can just concentrate on my football."

There can be no better player to learn from than Henry.

"He is one of the biggest strikers in the world," declared Adebayor.

"Thierry can always see what is possible and do anything with the ball so, of course, I am enjoying playing with him."

He added: "To be good on the pitch you have to speak a lot off it, which is what we are doing. We talk a lot which means we have solutions to help us when we are playing."