The absence of Didier Drogba will be helpful but not decisive
for Arsenal at the weekend, according to Arsène Wenger.
The Ivorian striker will not be with Chelsea when they visit
Emirates Stadium on Sunday after undergoing knee surgery. For the
past couple of seasons Drogba has been arguably the most feared
forward in the top flight and already has nine goals to his name
this term.
"Personally I rate Drogba," admitted Wenger at his
pre-match press conference. "He always gave us a hard game and
most of the time he was very influential.
"Drogba is a fighter until the last second in every game. I
admired him especially in the Cup Final last year, where he had not
the best of games but in the end he never gave up and made the
difference.
"But when you can replace him with Andrei Shevchenko you are
not too much in misery."
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