Drog: We'll blow you away

The Sun, 6 May 2008

DIDIER DROGBA last night warned Barcelona: We can outgun you!

The Chelsea striker taunted the Catalan giants by insisting the Blues have more matchwinners in their team.

With so much hype around Barca’s ‘holy trinity’ of Leo Messi, Samuel Eto’o and Thierry Henry, the Ivory Coast striker hit back with a volley of his own.

Drogba, 31, said: �I think, in the last few months, we’ve shown that we can score goals and, OK, they have Messi, Henry, Eto’o, and Andres Iniesta but we can also score.

�We’ve got more players able to score. Our midfielders, our defenders can also score. We can score from every position in our side.

�We know that. We know that and we have to score goals to win the tie.�

In the knockout stages alone, Chelsea have found goals from four different players in three areas of the team.

Drogba left the Nou Camp last week a frustrated man after Victor Valdes foiled him in what was Chelsea’s best chance of the match.

But he is more determined than ever to make any chance count and knows just how valuable another opportunity could be.

He added: �It would be great for Chelsea if I’d managed to score that goal, but Valdes made two fantastic saves.

�Yes, I was a bit frustrated. In these kind of games, if you manage to score it makes a big difference.

�As a striker, you know that. If you miss a chance one game, another might come along in the next. That is what you hope. I hope to have similar chances on Wednesday to make a difference.

�But you have to think about the team, rather than the individual. I was frustrated not to have scored, but I was also happy with the result we got there.�

Barcelona’s players complained that Chelsea were overly-physical in the first leg but the Blues were also upset with some of the clear play-acting from the La Liga leaders.

Drogba, who has also come under criticism in recent years for his own knack to hit the deck all too quickly, called for the referee to remain strong.

He said: �We were not upset. The English league and the Spanish league are very different in terms of the type of football teams play.

�The Champions League is great because then you have the chance to meet different types of football and see great games.

�Everyone enjoyed the game in Nou Camp last week. They complained, sure.

�But their complaints are coming from frustration because they didn’t score.

�I can understand that but the referee was good for this kind of game. He showed good control.

�They have tried to put a bit of pressure on the ref for the next game but we know it’s going to be a game everyone wants to see.�