Drogba blames tactics
Didier Drogba believes Jose Mourinho's tactics stopped him being a Chelsea hit.
Didier Drogba has suggested that it was Jose Mourinho's tactics that stopped him being a hit in English football with Chelsea.The powerful striker believes that he was made to do far more running than any other main striker, suggesting that it was his work-rate that made the likes of Frank Lampard and Joe Cole shine.
"We'll see whether any other great striker will be ready to defend like a maniac for the good of the team like I did last season," Drogba told The People.
"I'll try thinking more about me next season - so that I don't finish 15 goals behind Thierry Henry again.
"I did decide to sacrifice myself for the whole team last season while forgetting my own scoring figures.
"I did think that I would spend less time running after the ball.
"I do have reservations about our game, especially in the second half of the season.
"The only way we played was with long balls towards me. I prefer playing football with people putting the ball at my feet.
"It's true that injuries unbalanced us, but that does not explain everything.
"I made Lampard and Cole shine. I sacrificed myself in the interests of Chelsea."
