BIG PETE: Cole on Arsenal’s Invincibles, his partnership with Henry, and the move to Chelsea

[embed guid="c344671b-50fb-485e-ac79-ea0f33bddfac" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1rMPGvm21M" social-type="youtube" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cole-ashley/4n2tT7Wi/"]Cole[/a] looked back at his beginnings at the club he had supported since he was seven, as well as his partnership with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/henry-thierry/S4aJ3ciG/"]Thierry Henry[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pires-robert/4vrdGsmH/"]Robert Pirés[/a]. [b]"No one taught us that, it just came naturally. Thierry would drift wide, Robert would cut inside, and a triangle would form between us. My job was simple: pass the ball to Thierry or Robert and just run,"[/b] he recalled. According to him, it was this immense self-confidence that helped [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a] go unbeaten in the 2003/04 season. "We knew how strong we were."[/p][p]A major chapter in Cole’s career was also his explosive transfer to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chelsea/4fGZN2oK/"]Chelsea[/a] in 2006. [b]"I left something I loved. But big players were leaving, and I was selfish. I wanted to keep winning trophies,"[/b] he explained during his conversation with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cech-petr/fTjQ34vo/"]Petr Čech[/a]. He also admitted that the pressure and hatred from Arsenal fans became a huge source of motivation for him.[/p][p]"When I came to Chelsea, I was like an animal. People hated me, my personal life was crazy, so I just had to win. I had no other option. It was my only reward for everything I was going through. Every match, my desire to win a trophy drove me," Cole added.[/p][p][i]The full TV version of this episode of the Big Pete documentary series will be available on CANAL+ Sport and the CANAL+ streaming service in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, France, Poland, Myanmar, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Romania, and Hungary, and on SuperSport in South Africa and Switzerland.[/i][/p]