There is perhaps no other player Arsene Wenger fears more than Didier Drogba. The Chelsea striker has a remarkable record against Arsenal, having scored 13 goals in 13 appearances against the club.
Whenever http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 and Arsenal meet, Drogba is almost inevitably the difference between the two sides. The Ivorian must be the star of many an Arsenal fan’s nightmares. The Blues will be hoping that their star striker can continue his record when Arsenal welcome
Chelsea to the Emirates on Monday.
Drogba is considered by many to be the best striker in the Premier League today. He won the golden boot last season, having scored a phenomenal 29 goals in 33 appearances for Chelsea. The striker has struggled this season due to health concerns. However,
he regularly manages to get his name on the scoresheet.
Drogba scored in his last match against Tottenham and could have handed his side all three points were it not for his penalty miss. It was a sign that even though the Ivorian was recovering from the effects of malaria, he was still some way from regaining
the deadly form that won him various accolades last year.
However, Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti believes that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Didier-Drogba-c11044 is getting there. Ancelotti said, “I understand he has not been in a good condition. He had difficulty to play with malaria, he was tired, he was not 100% and he found it difficult to train.
Now his condition is better. He had a good reaction after coming on as a substitute in the last game, this is the important thing and following the goal against Tottenham he will show us a different Drogba in the next game.”
With the postponement of the potentially league deciding match against Manchester United, Didier Drogba has had an extra week to prepare himself for Monday’s encounter against bitter rivals Arsenal. Arsene Wenger does not need to be reminded how much of
an impact the Ivorian can have on the match. The Arsenal manager said, “Drogba has always been very efficient against us. He is a big game player. When you play against Chelsea he is the guy you need to keep quiet. If you look at the statistics, defending
against Drogba is one of the keys - if not the biggest key - of the game.”
It remains to be seen whether Arsene Wenger has learned from his past mistakes. Arsenal have found no way to cope with Drogba in previous encounters. If one player is consistently scoring goals against you, you would inevitably have to shackle that player.
This is something the young Arsenal side has failed to do so far. However, with Drogba still recovering from the effects of malaria, he might not prove to be as deadly against the Gunners as he has been in the past.
Monday’s encounter is shaping up to be an exhilarating affair. Both Chelsea and Arsenal will be aiming for nothing less than three points as they look to close in on Manchester United at the summit of the Barclays Premier League.
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