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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Tom Blow

How Arsenal's Invincibles were faring halfway through season as current Gunners outdo them

In the eyes of many Arsenal fans, the Invincibles - as they are fondly remembered - are the greatest team in Premier League history.

Arsene Wenger's iconic side - which included the likes of Thierry Henry, Robert Pires, Freddie Ljungberg, Dennis Bergkamp, Ashley Cole, Gilberto Silva, Sol Campbell and Patrick Vieira - did not lose a single league game during the 2003/04 season.

The only other English team to ever achieve that feat were the great Preston side of 1888/89... and that was only a 22-game campaign. It's no surprise Wenger's Class of '04 are so revered - but are the current crop of players under Mikel Arteta actually better?

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