 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure memwaka wake wekutanga kuCamp Nou, Petit akabatanidzwa nekudzokera kuEngland neManchester United, Tottenham neChelsea, achibatana neyekupedzisira muna 2001 muchibvumirano chekutamisa che 7.5 mamirioni. Pakutanga aive wekutanga-timu nguva dzose ye Blues mumwaka wekutanga wakanyanya kuodza moyo uye akatamba mu2002 FA Cup yekupedzisiraiyo Chelsea yakarasikirwa nekirabhu yake yekare, Arsenal. Akatora chinangwa chake chokutanga cheChelsea mu 2-1 kukunda Derby musi wa 30 March 2002. Mwaka wake wechipiri wakaona kuvandudzwa kwakakosha, sezvo akaumba hukama hunoshamisa hwepakati nepakati naFrank Lampard sezvo Chelsea yakafadzwa mumutambo wekupedzisira wemwaka neLiverpool sezvo Chelsea yakachengetedza nzvimbo yechina yeEFAFA Champions League. Akawanawo zvibodzwa kaviri mumwaka wese: kurwisa Everton muLigi Cup, uye yaimbove kirabhu Arsenal mumutambo. Mushure mekukuvara kwemabvi, zvakadaro, akapedza nguva yakawanda yemwaka wake wekupedzisira webasa rake ari parutivi, uye akaburitswa pane imwe nzvimbo yakasununguka muzhizha ra2004, kuonekwa kwake kwekupedzisira kwekirabhu kunouya kurwisa Blackburn Rovers musi wa1 Kukadzi 2004. 