Nicolas Anelka: Winning Premier League with Chelsea Would Overshadow My Arsenal Glory

In-form French striker would relish Blues title glory…

26-Nov-2009 7:05:37 PM

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CL: Nicolas Anelka, Porto - Chelsea (Getty Images)
Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka has revealed that he would enjoy winning the Premier League at Stamford Bridge far more than he did when he was playing for Arsenal.
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The striker was with the Gunners when they won the title 11 years ago, and he feels that he did not really appreciate the magnitude of the team's achievement at the time.

"Winning it with Chelsea will be even bigger than when I did it with Arsenal," he said, according to The Daily Mail.

"That will mean I'm in one of the biggest teams in the world. When I won it with Arsenal I did appreciate it at the time. Sometimes you only have one chance in your life.

"I had this chance before and now I have a second chance to win it again. I have had a lot of time to wait to win something again in England. I won the FA Cup last season and I hope this season I will win the title.

"I don't know if this team are better than the Arsenal one I played in. Arsenal were strong but this Chelsea side are strong, too. I did it with Arsenal and I can definitely do it as well with Chelsea."

The Blues travel across London to face Arsene Wenger's team on Sunday knowing that victory would put them 11 points clear of the Gunners in the Premier League table.

But Anelka believes that even such a wide margin is still not enough to kill of Arsenal's title challenge this season.

"Anything is possible in football. Even if we're on top and a lot of points in front of everybody, it's possible we could make a mistake after," he added.

"We will try to win, of course, and if do, we will focus on all the games after Arsenal, because every game is important.

"Beating Porto means we will go to Arsenal with confidence. We wanted to finish first in our Champions League group. It's done and everyone is happy."

Zack Wilson

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