ARSENAL legend Emmanuel Petit has controversially declared Liverpool better than Arsene Wenger’s Invincibles.
The Frenchman spent three successful years at the Gunners and won the league title and FA Cup before leaving for Barcelona in 2000.
Four years later Arsenal created history by finishing the entire Premier League season undefeated.
Jurgen Klopp’s Reds were storming towards the title having moved a whopping 25 points clear of Manchester City before coronavirus postponed the season.
It looked as though Liverpool would match Arsenal’s achievements before falling to a shock 3-0 defeat at Watford last month.
But they remain on course to smash the Gunners’ 90-points tally if and when the season resumes as they currently sit eight points adrift with nine games to play.
And Petit has put loyalties aside to suggest that Liverpool’s current crop are even stronger than Arsenal’s record-breakers.
Speaking to the Mirror, the 49-year-old said: “I have huge respect for my old team-mates, but when I look at Liverpool and what they have been doing for the past two years.
“People are looking at them now because last year they won a European trophy, but really they have been like this for the past two or three years.
“It’s amazing what they are doing – it is rare to see a team winning so many games and being so dominant against their opponents all the time.
“They were both great teams in history, but for me this Liverpool team have something special. It is hard to explain what I feel when I look at Liverpool, but I don’t remember thinking the same way when I was looking at the Invincibles.
“They have impressed me more than Arsenal’s Invincibles.
“I am pretty sure Arsenal fans won’t be happy with that. But I have to be honest. When I look at this team, the motivation, the intensity, so many talented players.
“Something is different with them.”
