Jamie Carragher has revealed that Theirry Henry was the toughest opponent he has ever played against.
Iconic French striker claimed the golden boot award for three consecutive seasons between 2004-2006.
The Gunners attacker also won the Premier League title twice and claimed three FA Cups during his time in England.
Widely regarded as the best striker and one of the best players to ever grace the Premier League, Henry's blistering pace, athletic build and clinical edge in front of goal made him a nightmare to deal with.
Over the course of his time in north London, Henry registered nine goals in 18 appearances against the Reds in all compeitions, most of which put him head to head with Carragher.
So it comes as little surprise that the ex-Liverpool centre-back has named 'va va voom' as his toughest ever opponent.
Carragher had a lot to say about Didier Drogba too, who had a habit of turning up against Liverpool on the biggest occasions.
Writing in his latest Sky Sports collumn, Off Script, Carragher said: "Thierry Henry was the toughest opponent. I had a lot of good games against Didier Drogba. I think he scored three goals in about 30 games against Liverpool, but people seem to forget that and remember his unbelievable goal in 2006.
"Sometimes as a defender against some of the top players we had at that time - Alan Shearer, Henry, Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie - there's not a lot you can do in certain situations because they were that good. That goal Drogba scored there wasn't a lot I could do.
"I trained with great strikers like Fernando Torres and Luis Suarez every day, so I never came up against them, but I worked out their games. The same thing happened with Drogba because we played him so much.
Almost every game we played with Chelsea was either 0-0 or 1-0, every game was on a knife-edge.
"You knew as a defender if you made a mistake it was over because, with John Terry at the back, Chelsea wouldn't concede too much. If you got the first goal you knew you wouldn't concede too much either."
