Jens Lehmann 'We were world class in every area'

Jens Lehmann sits in one of the media rooms at the Arsenal Training Centre, with a photograph of the 2003/04 'Invincibles' team on the wall behind him. It's an appropriate backdrop. A decade ago, Arsenal and their new German goalkeeper had embarked on a record-breaking campaign which would, in the eyes of many, establish them as the best team in Premier League history. It was the perfect start to life in London for Lehmann. Thirty-eight matches played, 26 won, 12 drawn and none lost. In fact, it took 48 league games before the indomitable stopper was finally on the losing side in a league game in England. An FA Cup title would follow in 2005 before Lehmann formed the crux of the Arsenal defence which kept 10 consecutive clean sheets en route to a Champions League final meeting with Barcelona a year later, crucially saving Villarreal playmaker Juan Roman Riquelme's late penalty to secure Arsenal's place in Paris.