http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Didier-Drogba-c11044 for praise – Champions League news
A Didier Drogba inspired Chelsea bettered Spanish La Liga outfit http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 3-0 in a crunch UEFA Champions League encounter at Stamford Bridge last night.
The Ivorian opened the scoring as early as the third minute with quick footwork before sealing the game after http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ramires-c30523 had sent the Blues into a comfortable 2-0 lead.
Andre Villas-Boas was happy with his team’s display, which was under tremendous pressure to perform after weeks of underachievement.
Speaking on the performance, he said:
“The team were excellent. They showed great spirit, solidarity, responsibility, strength of character and ability to take criticism. This is a great win for the players and they deserve respect. We made changes to the way we play. We kept our compact block a lot further down the pitch and it worked well.”
The tactician was all praise for the talismanic Drogba and said:
“Collectively we were fantastic. Yes, Didier [Drogba] had a very good game and he is gaining confidence. As long as he continues to perform for the team then that is fantastic.”
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 tactician went on to talk about the previously shaky defence, revealing that keeping clean sheets was important to return to winning ways.
He concluded by saying:
“In the Premiership we've had three clean sheets in four games. Our defence is not that bad and we have been improving a lot. What matters is that Chelsea topped the group and we can keep to our objectives and await the draw to see how far we can go.”
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