By Daily Sports on December 8, 2018
According to Jamie Carragher, former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba was “a real force of nature” who “changed the way” Liverpool defended.
Ex-Reds defender Carragher revealed that the Anfield outfit had their approach to Drogba’s immense ability which, simply, was to avoid getting him angry.
“In my playing days when Liverpool were up against Chelsea so often, for so many of the big prizes, there was an old rule about how you dealt with Didier Drogba – in my view the striker who changed the way we think about that position,” Carragher wrote in his column in the Telegraph. “The rule was: don’t rile Didier. When he was angry he seemed to play even better. If his temper was up he was like the Hulk, ploughing through everything in his path, impossible to knock off the ball, a real force of nature.
“Looking back I think Drogba changed perceptions about what a striker could do and the way in which a team could be shaped. Many times he did the job of two players and it allowed his managers at Chelsea to change the team around him.”
Last month, the former Cote d’Ivoire international called time on a trophy-laden career that him also turn out for Le Mans, Guingamp, Marseille, Shanghai Shenhua, Galatasaray and the Montreal Impact (Goal)
•Photo shows Didier Drogba and Jamie Carragher
Source Daily Sports
Posted December 8, 2018
You may also like...
FIFA Unveils Official Mascot For U-17 Women’s World...
Sports Minister tasks new NIS Board
Ronaldo Drops Hint Where His Future Lies
African Players Are Not Respected — Eto’o
Rohingya refugees float football club, vow to show...
Jose Mourinho’s hypocrisy: Calling the kettle too black...

Lookman targets UCL semi-final spot in Barca clash
Malawi unveil squad for Falconets clash
Ghanaian footballer killed in armed robbery attack
Table Tennis stars battle for national title in Osun
Nigerian blind sambist wins gold at World Sambo Cup
Chelsea, City clash headlines EPL actions
Okoye targets clean record Milan in clash
NFF unveils Flamingo squad for W’Cup qualifying camp
Real Madrid denies plans to appoint sporting director
UBA Pensions ready for annual sports meet
Forget Wilder, fight me; Fury tells Joshua
Onuachu lacks rhythm in Eagles setup – Lawal
Rangers International going, going . . . (63,699 views)
Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (55,025 views)
Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (52,943 views)
Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (52,541 views)
Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (52,471 views)
Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (52,373 views)
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (52,232 views)
NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (51,778 views)
Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (50,965 views)
Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (49,473 views)
Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (47,880 views)
John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (47,349 views)