Nicolas Anelka insists he enjoys playing behind the front two following the arrival of Fernando Torres.
Blues marksman has no qualms with withdrawn position
Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka insists he enjoys playing behind the front two following the arrival of Fernando Torres.
The Frenchman is accustomed to leading the line at club level, but Torres' signing means that he now operates slightly deeper.
Against Liverpool the 31-year-old played behind Torres and Didier Drogba and it is a role he has played before during his illustrious career.
It had been thought the experienced marksman was unhappy at being forced to adapt, although he has no qualms with the role.
"I played like this when I was playing at Liverpool, behind Emile Heskey and Michael Owen," he told the club's
official website.
"I had a good time doing it, and I played like it in Turkey at Fenerbahce, but we used to play two behind and one striker.
"When you are playing in this position you are more midfielder than striker but during the game it is similar because you still have the chance to be up front and to score goals or to give some assists, but you have more focus on the defending, you have to do more defending than up front but you get used to it."
Pressing game
Chelsea tackle Fulham at Craven Cottage on Monday night and Anelka insists Carlo Ancelotti's squad will continue their pressing game which has served them so well in recent weeks away from home.
"We know that sometimes the best defence is to attack and score goals, and pressing the opposition is the best thing to do to score quickly," he continued. "So in training we do that all the time and we try to do it in the games now.
"Everybody in the team has to press and playing like that it is more easy for everybody to defend. It is also easier to take possession quickly in the opposition half and to score quickly.
"I think we played better away in the last two games and against Fulham we will try to do the same, to keep pressing and to try to score the goals that way."
