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'We were way better!' - Chelsea legend John Terry insists there is 'no comparison' between Jose Mourinho's Blues side and Arsenal's Invincibles

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<p>In the summer of 2004, Mourinho arrived in West London after guiding Porto to an unlikely Champions League triumph. He succeeded Claudio Ranieri, who had finished second in the Premier League to<a href="https://www.goal.com/en/news/arsenal-invincibles-how-wengers-2003-04-gunners-went-a-season-without-defeat/1xkm3tgyvsbjj1wzrewhqz0liu" target="_blank"> Arsène Wenger’s Invincibles </a>during Roman Abramovich’s first season as club owner.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>At his unveiling, Mourinho famously declared himself “a special one” - a statement that seemed prophetic. Within months, he had instilled a winning mentality in a Chelsea squad that would go on to make Premier League history. The Blues amassed 95 points, suffered only one defeat - a narrow 1-0 loss to Manchester City - and set a defensive benchmark that still stands: just 15 goals conceded over an entire season.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Twenty years since that historic league triumph, Terry has reignited a classic Premier League debate - insisting the iconic Blues side of 2004-05 eclipsed Arsenal’s famed “Invincibles” team.</p><p>“I don’t think there’s any comparison between Chelsea 04-05 and the Invincibles," he told <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/04/12/mourinho-terry-lampard-2004-05-chelsea-better-invincibles/" target="_blank"><em>The Telegraph</em></a><em>.</em> "I think we were way better. We lost one game, which we should never have lost to Man City. Arsenal drew 12 games.”</p>

WHAT TERRY SAID

<p>Chelsea registered 10 consecutive clean sheets at one point in the season, with goalkeeper Petr Čech and defenders like Terry and Ricardo Carvalho forming an unbreakable wall at the back. When Chelsea sealed the title with a 2-0 win away at Bolton Wanderers on April 30, 2005, they had conceded only 13 goals in the league. They would let in just two more across the final three games, ending the campaign with a defensive record that has yet to be bettered.</p>

DID YOU KNOW?

<p>Both Chelsea’s 2004-05 squad and Arsenal’s 2003-04 Invincibles are etched into Premier League folklore. However, <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/sensitive-chelsea-stars-didnt-like-rubbish-jibes-jose-mourinho-john-terry-explaining-why-special-one-struggled-second-spell-stamford-bridge/blt89632cb1f033ed85" target="_blank">Mourinho's Chelsea didn’t just win</a> - they dominated. Finishing 12 points clear of second-placed Arsenal, they asserted their superiority across the campaign, dismantling opponents with efficiency and ruthlessness.</p>

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Chelsea legend John Terry insisted there is &quot;no comparison&quot; between Jose Mourinho&apos;s Blues and Arsenal&apos;s Invincibles as they &quot;were way better&quot;.

&apos;We were way better!&apos; - Chelsea legend John Terry insists there is &apos;no comparison&apos; between Jose Mourinho&apos;s Blues side and Arsenal&apos;s Invincibles

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