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John Terry and Jamie Carragher had many battles against each other during their career (Image:.

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Thierry Henry easily ranks as the most terrifying player that both Jamie Carragher and John Terry had to face off against during their playing careers.

Terry and Carragher were established defenders in the Premier League for the entirety of Henry's eight-year stay in north London.

The 44-year-old – who reigns as the club's all-time scorer with 228 goals to his name – is routinely regarded as one of the greatest players to grace English football and has the silverware, both team and individual, to back it up.

It was in 2017 when they paid the two-time Premier League winner high praise after Terry – a five-time league winner himself – was asked to pick out one player he was terrified of during his playing days.

The Chelsea legend simply responded: "Henry.

He was so quick", before Carragher jokingly interrupted to say: "Honestly, I'm still terrified of him now!"

Terry went on to explain how Henry being the complete player left him worrying about their battle the night before the match.

and no one had that effect me at all but him."

As a right-sided centre back, Carragher was usually matched up with Henry who enjoyed possessing the space of the left channel which the Liverpool icon explained why it made the 1998 World Cup winner such a formidable opponent for him.

The former rivals are now CBS Sports colleagues (Image: Getty Images)

"You would be thinking about him in a big game," he said to Terry.

You'd have Ashley Cole, [Robert] Pires...

"I think if you'd asked me, 'What was the most difficult position – not just for me, for anyone, any player – that you wouldn't want to go back to', it was being a right full-back against that Arsenal team of 2002 to 2004.

"The movement, the pace, things would be happening that quickly you couldn't react to the first thing."

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Now colleagues for CBS Sports, Henry and Carragher are finally team-mates, much to the latter's preference.

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