Carlo Ancelotti: Didier Drogba will not be a Big Problem

Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti has stated that the absence of their top goal scorer of the current season Didier Drogba will not be a big problem for the club in January 2010.

Drogba has scored 14 goals in Premier League (19 in all competitions) this season so far. He along with Kalou will play for Ivory Coast in 2010 African Cup of Nations and if Ivory Coast can go all the way in the tournament then Chelsea will miss these two players for the whole month of January. Mikel John Obi will play Nigerian national team in this African football event.

The absence of Drogba is most likely to be felt for Chelsea. Carlo Ancelotti begs to differ with this kind of idea and stated that in some of the Champions League matches, his club could win without Drogba and they can do the same thing in EPL.  

Carlo Ancelotti said, "Didier has scored 19 goals but without him, this year, we've done very well".

"We won three games in the Champions League without him. We can do the same in the Premier League."

At the moment, Chelsea is the league leader and is ahead of Manchester United by 5 points.