John Terry takes aim at Arsenal’s Invincibles and says they ‘drew an awful lot of games’ as Chelsea legend claims his club’s season of conceding just 15 goals was ‘as good as’ their unbeaten year

John Terry has claimed that his Chelsea aspect’s feat of conceding solely 15 targets within the 2004-05 season was simply as spectacular as when Arsenal went a complete marketing campaign unbeaten the earlier 12 months. 

Terry was voted into the Premier League Corridor of Fame on Monday, alongside Manchester United legend Andy Cole, the place he joins former team-mate Ashley Cole for inductees in 2024. 

In actual fact, he additionally finds quite a lot of the Gunners’ Invincible icons within the form of Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp, Patrick Vieira, Arsene Wenger and naturally Cole, who swapped north London for the west of the town not lengthy after. 

Likewise, Frank Lampard Petr Cech and Didier Drogba have additionally obtained the Premier League’s highest particular person honour, which means that either side of the controversy are nicely represented after two of undoubtedly probably the most spectacular feats within the competitors’s historical past. 

Whereas Chelsea did lose as soon as in 2004-05, away to Manchester Metropolis, Arsenal did concede 11 extra targets, and Terry believes that the 2 achievements need to be held on the identical pedestal within the annals of Premier League historical past. 

Terry was voted into the Premier League Corridor of Fame on Monday alongside Man United legend Andy Cole

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‘I will upset a few individuals right here, however I feel that season was nearly as good because the Invincibles season for Arsenal. They drew an terrible lot of video games,’ he claimed.

‘We solely misplaced as soon as, away to Man Metropolis, Paulo Ferreira gave away a penalty early on within the sport and we should always have come again and received the sport.

‘Whenever you take a look at the targets we conceded that 12 months, we conceded towards sides you would not count on if I am trustworthy and that is no disrespect to them. Trying again in the present day. That would have perhaps been 9 or 10 targets conceded.

‘I do not assume it is a file that is ever going to be overwhelmed if I am trustworthy. I definitely hope it is not and I am very happy with what we did defensively. That is what we had been paid to do, maintain the ball out the web. It clearly helped with gamers round me like Petr Cech, Ashley Cole and Ricky Carvalho, so I am very grateful for that.’

Terry’s aspect broke quite a lot of information that season, together with most wins (29), fewest conceded (15), most away wins (15), fewest away targets conceded (9), and most clear sheets (25). 

Jose Mourinho’s arrival at first of the marketing campaign prompted an enormous inflow of latest gamers, together with Portuguese duo Ricardo Carvalho and Paulo Ferreira for £33.1million, following the boss from Porto.

The consequence was prompt and Chelsea earned their first league title in 50 years, and their first within the Premier League period, ending on 95 factors, some 12 away from the Gunners in second place.

Nevertheless, Terry did identify one in every of that Invincible Arsenal aspect as the toughest competitor he has ever confronted within the Premier League. 

Ricardo Carvalho joined Chelsea at first of the season from Porto following supervisor Jose Mourinho

Thierry Henry was named as Terry’s hardest ever opponent – the Frenchman received 4 Golden Boots and two Participant of the Season awards and can also be within the Corridor of Fame

‘Thierry Henry was the perfect I got here up towards, the one I feared probably the most,’ he admitted.

‘Subsequent needs to be Wayne Rooney. He was a high, high participant and what he achieved was unbelievable. I do not know if it will get ignored a bit of bit simply how good Wayne was when he first broke into the England crew. I bear in mind taking part in towards him within the Premier League and having him as a team-mate within the England classes. He was phenomenal.

‘I would additionally say Sergio Aguero or Harry Kane had been tough to return up towards.’

Henry received 4 Golden Boot awards within the top-flight together with three on the bounce from 2003-06, in addition to two Participant of the Season gongs, scoring a complete of 175 targets and aiding 74 extra in 258 appearances.