Drogba looking forward to City clash
Chelsea striker Didier Drogba says he is looking forward to playing Manchester City this weekend.
Drogba has started the season in great form for a rampant Chelsea team that has scored 21 goals in five games. The Ivory Coast front man has bagged five and says it's important Chelsea extend this run
against a talented City team.
Manchester City is likely to provide the toughest test that Chelsea has had so far this season. However, it will be difficult for Roberto Mancini's men to stop Chelsea because of the West London club's
momentum.
Chelsea has a great chance to go to Manchester City and come away with three points. A lot depends on the type of Manchester City side that turns up for the game.
A great chance
Every player in the Chelsea side is playing with freedom and confidence at the moment. The team is passing the ball around easily and creating a high number of chances to score in every Premier League
game.
Chelsea will go to Manchester City without any fear or restrictions. City will have a much better chance of winning the game if Chelsea players are on edge. However, Carlo Ancelotti will not allow this
to be a factor in his team.
Chelsea will be frustrated by suggestions that the club has had an easy start to the Premier League. Manchester City will represent bait that the club can attack and destroy. This will fire a signal of
intent to Chelsea's Premier League rivals.
Drogba said: "City will be a good test to see if we can deal with better opposition. After that it is Arsenal so this is a crucial period.
It's good that we have already got a four-point lead. It will give us a little advantage, but we have to win these games.
We will come out to try and win. Let's see what happens."
Which City team turns up
A lot is going to depend on the sort of Manchester City team that turns up for the game. Manchester City is very inconsistent although the club has enough quality to beat
any other side. Individual errors that prevent this from happening must be eradicated.
Mancini will not need to fire his team up for the occasion because there is a lot of experience in the City side. The real test will come with trying to get the right combination
of players to stop Chelsea. Chelsea is one of the few clubs that will travel to City with an attacking approach and Mancini has to deal with this.
Drogba added: "We won every game against the big teams last year. It
made the difference. When you play those teams, the most important thing is not to lose, and try to win the other games.
Last year we won them, and that allowed us to make a few mistakes in other games.
It's true City were a problem for us last year as they beat us twice."
Betting advice
It will take a very brave person to bet against Chelsea for this game. Manchester City still has a lot of new players trying to gel together and Chelsea has the quality
to exploit this.
Back Chelsea to win the match by one or two goals. If Chelsea gets in front early in the game then there is a good chance the winning margin could be even bigger.
Back Drogba to score at any time. He looks in great form and seems to have matured from the player that first joined Chelsea. A very small outside bet on him scoring a
hat trick is another good option.
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