Chelsea legend John Terry believes Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea side from 2004-2006 would be good enough to beat the current Manchester City team.

City have demolished pretty much every opponent that they have had in front of them, with them sitting 11 points clear at the top of the Premier League, winning their last 16 games.

They remain unbeaten with no sign of anyone catching them, but Terry believes his Chelsea side of 2004 to 2006 would have enough to beat them – a side which still holds the record for the highest points tally in a Premier League season (95 in 2004/05).

And speaking on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football, Terry explained how the old Chelsea side would operate, and why he believes they’d beat Guardiola’s City.

“I would say 2004/05 or 2005/06, those first two sides when Mourinho arrived at the club,” and replied when asked if Chelsea would beat them by insisting: “Yes, yes.

“We were never afraid to say: ‘They’ll have more possession than us,’ but we were set, comfortable.

“The full-backs [William Gallas and Paulo Ferreira] would always go up the pitch, and [Claude] Makelele would always sit, which was great for us centre-backs.

“But we had great legs, great power, and we had the big man up front. Didier [Drogba] made such a difference. We had that ball into Didier, and he could hold it up, with the runners off him [Damien Duff and Arjen Robben] and [Frank] Lampard would be box-to-box game after game.”

Terry admitted his former Chelsea side would find it difficult to “bully” sides with stricter refereeing.

“Probably not as much nowadays, you certainly wouldn’t get away with as much, but also I’m not sure you’d get near some of them now, the pace of Sane, De Bruyne, Sterling as well, blimey.

“The way the game is going and has gone, everyone has so much pace and power.

“As a Chelsea side we felt we could go and bully most sides, but I think these can compete with the physical side of it, and they have something different going forward.”
[Quotes via Sky Sports]