John Terry's brutal assessment of Arsenal achievement which Sir Alex Ferguson agrees with
John Terry believes the Chelsea side of 2004/05 and their record of conceding just 15 goals was as impressive as Arsenal's 'Invincibles' going the entire 2003/04 season unbeaten.
Terry is one of the latest inductees into the Premier League's Hall of Fame, ushered in alongside Manchester United legend Andy Cole. A number of that iconic Gunners squad from two decades ago are also in the select group, including Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp, Patrick Vieira and Terry's former Chelsea teammate Ashley Cole.
In the interest of balance, it's important to note that there are a number of players from the Blues' 2004/05 squad also in the Hall of Fame. Terry joins Didier Drogba, Petr Cech and Frank Lampard as part of the Chelsea players in the list of icons.
Unlike the Invincibles, Terry's Chelsea side of the following year did lose one game away at Manchester City but the England ace cited that Arsenal drew 12 games in their last title-winning season as the reason why the two achievements should be viewed the same.
«I'm going to upset a couple of people here, but I think that season was as good as the Invincibles season for Arsenal. They drew an awful lot of games,' Terry explained as quoted by The Mirror.
»We only lost once, away to Man City, Paulo Ferreira gave away a penalty early on in the game and we should have come back and won the game. When you look at the goals we conceded that year, we conceded against sides you wouldn't expect if I'm honest and that's no disrespect to them.
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«Looking back today. That could have maybe been nine or 10 goals conceded.
»I don't think it's a record that's ever going to be beaten if I'm honest. I
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