Ranking the 10 greatest player rivalries in football

#6 Rudd Van Nistelrooy & Thierry Henry

Rudd Van Nistelrooy and Thierry Henry had a neck-to-neck rivalry for the EPL Golden Boot

The Premier League has been a home to many great strikers of the same era. There have been a lot of strikers like Didier Drogba, Wayne Rooney and Luis Suarez who have vied for the 'best forward' position during their times, but none of the rivalries between these players gets close to the neck-to-neck horse race between Thierry Henry and Rudd Van Nistelrooy.

Both marksmen faced each other at a point of time when the Manchester United-Arsenal rivalry was at its extreme peak. They spearheaded two of the greatest sides in the Premier League and none can argue over their worth for the job.

Henry and Van Nistelrooy were always embroiled in a tough tussle for the Golden Boot since the very first game of the league season. They built a reputation as skilled sharpshooters and were also the of the greatest marksmen of their age.

Although Thierry Henry set the record for winning the most number of Golden Boots(4), his Dutch counterpart made sure the Frenchman's path to the title wasn't a cakewalk. Rudd Van Nistelrooy lifted the precious trophy only once in his career, nonetheless, there couldn't have been a better and equally skilled adversary for Thierry Henry to ask for.