I played against Fernando Torres and Wayne Rooney, but the Chelsea legend was my toughest opponent.
Philippe Senderos played against countless Premier League legends, but one stands out as the toughest.
the first Arsenal The centre-back, who made 131 top-flight appearances for the Gunners, has named some of the league's most prolific goalscorers in his blind rankings with talkSPORT.
he named Wayne Rooney in third place, followed by Fernando Torres in second, but it was Chelsea Didier Drogba whom he placed as no. 1.
“Drogba has to be in the top two, at least against me!” said the former Swiss international. “He always scored great goals against Arsenal and was a tough striker.
“He was always in form against Arsenal and was a great player in the big moments.
“He was very physical and able to shoot from anywhere, good in the air, a difficult player to play against.”
Speaking of Torres, Senderos said: “He was fantastic for Liverpool At that time.
“He had great movements, he was very intelligent inside and outside, but also from the outside.
“He had great deliveries from (Steven) Gerrard and others around him who could put him in good areas and his movement in the box – he came alive.”
Torres, nicknamed El Niño, scored 85 top-flight goals during his spells at Liverpool and Chelsea.
Rooney, who scored 208 Premier League goals in 491 appearances for Man United, was ranked third according to the former Arsenal defender, who admitted the former Everton star could “hurt you from anywhere.”
His full ranking saw him put Carlos Tevez in fourth, Emmanuel Adebayor fifth and talkSPORT host Gabby Agbonlahor in sixth.
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Former Tottenham and Man United star Dimitar Berbatov came seventh, Darren Bent eighth, Robbie Keane ninth and Craig Bellamy concluded the list in tenth.
Senderos spent seven years at the north London club, winning the FA Cup in 2004-05 and the Community Shield in 2004.
He was unlucky to miss the entire 2003-04 season, when Arsenal went unbeaten to win the Premier League, as he was sidelined by a back problem and then a broken bone in his foot.
After his time at Arsenal, he moved to Fulham from 2010 to 2014 and had a spell at Aston Villa. ranger and Houston Dynamo until his retirement in 2019.
Senderos played over 50 international matches for Switzerland, captaining the national team in 2008 in a 2-1 friendly loss to England.
He represented Switzerland in three World Cups and made his last international appearance in 2016.
