Sol Campbell’s Arsenal remain the only Premier League side to ever go unbeaten across a season but the Gunners icon believes Liverpool could give it a go themselves
Sol Campbell believes Liverpool are the most likely team to emulate the Arsenal Invincibles and go an entire Premier League season unbeaten.
Campbell was a defensive linchpin of the Gunners side in 2003/04 that didn’t lose once in 38 games en route to the title. Since then England’s top flight has seen some hugely impressive outfits, but none have been able to match the unbeaten feat of the north Londoners.
Liverpool themselves have gone closest. They lost just one game in 2018/19, yet incredibly didn’t win the league. Their only defeat coming to champions Manchester City, who pipped them by a point. Chelsea in 2004/05 under Jose Mourinho were also beaten only once.
This current Reds outfit have just claimed the Premier League at a canter, losing four times, and have since invested more than £200m in their squad, which includes the British-record signing Florian Wirtz. They could get even stronger if they do land Alexander Isak and Campbell believes they could give an unbeaten season a go.
He told BetSelect: “Never say never. It’s very, very hard, but I think it’s doable. If you look at the talent in that Liverpool squad now, they’d be the most likely for me to go on to be the next Invincibles.”
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Campbell though has backed Arsenal to deliver a fourth successive second place finish, despite spending around £200m on new recruits and finally getting a striker through the door. But the former defender admits “It’s hard to see past Liverpool at this point.”
Liverpool feature heavily among the sides to lose the fewest games in a season. Alongside their 2018/19 effort they lost only twice in 2008/09 and in 2021/22. Incredibly on all three occasions they never claimed the league title.
Arsenal did the double over Liverpool back in 2003/04, ultimately winning 26 of their 38 games with the other 12 being draws. Campbell admits that to pull off the iconic unbeaten achievement you need everything to go in your favour as he admits to some near misses.
Among the most defining moments of Arsenal’s Invincible season was the goalless draw at Manchester United just six games into the campaign, where Ruud van Nistelrooy saw a late penalty smash off the bar
“It’s the perfect season,” said Campbell previously. “You’re never going to win every game, so going unbeaten is as perfect as you can get. It’s incredible. I still believe that these kinds of achievements choose you, you don’t choose them. So many things can happen. Look at the Man United game: Van Nistelrooy scores the penalty, they win the game. We will still probably win the league, but to go unbeaten, nothing can go against you.”
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