Didier Drogba and Thierry Henry signify an iconic Premier League period. It was the period of the lengthy sleeves, the T90 ball that may fly in every kind of instructions and, after all, a number of the best rivalries that English soccer has ever seen.
It is solely proper that each Drogba and Henry featured in such an period. The previous, so typically the person for the massive event at Chelsea, sits alongside a number of the greats in Stamford Bridge historical past. Henry, in the meantime, is arguably the best Premier League participant of all time. The Frenchman, at his greatest, was merely absurd.
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Premier League data |
Drogba |
Henry |
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Appearances |
254 |
258 |
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Targets |
104 |
175 |
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Assists |
59 |
73 |
So many have been so stuffed with reward for each. Legendary ex-Arsenal supervisor Arsene Wenger as soon as advised reporters: “Folks like Thierry Henry [also] had distinctive qualities. They’d run 100 metres in 11 seconds when everyone else did it in 12.5 or 13. So if at this time they’re operating it in 12, they’re nonetheless faster.
“They begin from an enormous potential and that is why at that age they’ll nonetheless survive, as a result of they’ve the soccer intelligence. That they had distinctive bodily qualities initially.”
Wenger’s counterpart, Jose Mourinho, has not often hidden his admiration for Drogba, in the meantime. The so-called ‘Particular One’ fashioned fairly the partnership with the ahead throughout his time at Chelsea.
“Undoubtedly, he is one of the crucial necessary gamers within the historical past of this membership. That is not a doubt. All of us, Chelsea supporters, agree with that. We do not say crucial one as a result of it isn’t honest for different individuals who have been in the identical stage or in the identical era.”
Pretty much as good as they each are, although, Manchester United legend Nemanja Vidic named another participant because the hardest opponent that he is ever performed in opposition to.
Man Utd icon Vidic reveals Rooney was hardest opponent
For all the nice battles that he had with Drogba and Henry, Vidic’s hardest video games typically got here on the coaching pitch in opposition to Wayne Rooney. The previous Manchester United defender was requested by Rio Ferdinand to select his hardest opponent between the aforementioned three and shortly named his outdated teammate.
“Wayne Rooney. Clearly, Didier Drogba so many huge challenges in opposition to him on the time of competing. However coaching on daily basis with Wayne, highly effective, quick.”
It ought to come as no shock that the Serbian defender struggled in opposition to Rooney. The previous England ahead is likely one of the greatest that the Premier League has ever seen – scoring 208 objectives and helping one other 103 in an unbelievable profession.
Vidic might be grateful that he solely needed to sq. off in opposition to Rooney in coaching, relatively than in a aggressive outing at membership stage. Different centre-backs did not have the identical luck and have been quickly put to the sword.
These three have been definitely the primary males of their period when it got here to strikers within the Premier League. Though all icons in their very own proper, Vidic’s verdict means that Rooney left a mark on these each inside Manchester United and the remainder of English soccer.
