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DIDIER DROGBA
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DIDIER DROGBA AND CHELSEA FC |
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 Signing for Chelsea in July 2004, Didier
Drogba adapted well to the FA Premier League, scoring in his
third game for the club with a thunderous header against Crystal
Palace. His season was interrupted when he pulled a stomach
muscle against Liverpool, which kept him out of action for over
two months. Despite this he enjoyed the second best goals-to-minutes
ratio in the Premier League, prolific Frenchman Thierry Henry
being the only player to better him in this respect. He scored
16 goals in 40 games for Chelsea in his first season, but was
criticized for being inconsistent.
The season proved very successful for Chelsea as they won the
Premiership and the Carling Cup, with Drogba scoring in extra
time in a 3-2 final win against Liverpool at the Millennium
Stadium. He played an important part in his team's run to the
semi-finals of the Champions League, where he scored a brace
against ex-club Marseille's arch-rivals Paris Saint-Germain and
another two goals in both legs of the quarter-final against
Bayern Munich.
He made an impressive start to the 2005/6 season, scoring two
goals in a Community Shield win over Arsenal and putting in a
man-of-the-match performance in a 4-1 win against Liverpool at
Anfield, where he had a part in creating every goal.
Drogba was accused of cheating during Chelsea's 2-0 win over
Manchester City, during the 2005/06 season. He appeared to
control the ball with his hand, before scoring the second of his
two goals. In a post match interview with the BBC, he seemingly
admitted to cheating, before retracting his comment. Chelsea
went on to win the league title with two games to play.
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