Didier Drogba may still be the joint top scoring African in the Premier League - for now - but does the Chelsea icon deserve his glowing goalscoring reputation?
Chelsea, on the other hand, may actually find their Wembley ambitions hindered by a lack of proper certainty in attack.
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Timo Werner offers willing running in behind, and Kai Havertz s contributions to the Blues cause have steadily increased since Frank Lampard’s defenestration, but there remains a need for a proper presence upfront to turn Thomas Tuchel s ball-dominant game style into goals.
It makes for an interesting change in dynamic for Chelsea, who over the last decade and half have typically been able to call upon a bomber upfront. In fact, Chelsea s recent history at Wembley has come to be defined almost exclusively by the decisive contributions of the barreling Didier Drogba.