Due to injury , missed a significant part of the season
Despite his age , he continued to score regularly ( being the second highest Premier League scorer in 1996–97 with 23 goals ) , and on 13 September 1997 he broke Cliff Bastin 's Arsenal goalscoring record with a hat-trick against Bolton Wanderers ( a record since surpassed by Thierry Henry in October 2005 ) .A couple of months later he suffered a bad hamstring injury which ruled him out for a significant part of the season His final goal at Highbury came on 4 October 1997 against Barnsley and was his 300th career goal for both Crystal Palace and Arsenal .
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