Drogba impressed by Shrewsbury

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Drogba put the Premier League leaders ahead three minutes after half-time at Greenhous Meadow but the Shrews were level in the 77th minute when substitute Andy Mangan scored 84 seconds after coming on.

But Jermaine Grandison’s 81st-minute own goal broke Shrewsbury’s hearts and gave Chelsea a 2-1 victory.

After the match, Drogba was quick to praise the performance of League Two outfit Shrewsbury – a side some 72 places below Chelsea in the Football League ladder.

“Fantastic team, fantastic opponent,” the Ivorian said of Micky Mellon’s side at the full-time whistle on Sky Sports 1.

“I think they give everything and I think they show today why they deserve to be here tonight and they made a very difficult game for us really.”

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho insisted that he always knew his side was going to be in for a tough game.

“I didn’t change my feelings (that) the game was going to be difficult,” he said.

“It was difficult from minute one to the last minute. I still had (Eden) Hazard to make a change but I was worried about the possibility of going to extra-time.

“We needed to do that change so I delay that change, could be a change to break the game definitely but when you have the possibility of extra-time you have to control the situation which he did so I’m very pleased with the players, I was not expecting a different match.”

Mellon was pleased with Shrewsbury’s performance but declared himself “gutted” by the outcome.

He said: “I just said to the players there, if someone would have said that we would have felt gutted and disappointed at the end of a game against Chelsea, we probably would have taken that emotion because it meant we would have been pleased, but we’re gutted because we lost it on little bits of detail.

“Losing a goal so early in the second half and then, when we had good possession of the ball on the far side, we fall and they catch us on the break and that’s why they’re where they are.”

Drogba impressed by Shrewsbury

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Drogba put the Premier League leaders ahead three minutes after half-time at Greenhous Meadow but the Shrews were level in the 77th minute when substitute Andy Mangan scored 84 seconds after coming on.

But Jermaine Grandison’s 81st-minute own goal broke Shrewsbury’s hearts and gave Chelsea a 2-1 victory.

After the match, Drogba was quick to praise the performance of League Two outfit Shrewsbury – a side some 72 places below Chelsea in the Football League ladder.

“Fantastic team, fantastic opponent,” the Ivorian said of Micky Mellon’s side at the full-time whistle on Sky Sports 1.

“I think they give everything and I think they show today why they deserve to be here tonight and they made a very difficult game for us really.”

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho insisted that he always knew his side was going to be in for a tough game.

“I didn’t change my feelings (that) the game was going to be difficult,” he said.

“It was difficult from minute one to the last minute. I still had (Eden) Hazard to make a change but I was worried about the possibility of going to extra-time.

“We needed to do that change so I delay that change, could be a change to break the game definitely but when you have the possibility of extra-time you have to control the situation which he did so I’m very pleased with the players, I was not expecting a different match.”

Mellon was pleased with Shrewsbury’s performance but declared himself “gutted” by the outcome.

He said: “I just said to the players there, if someone would have said that we would have felt gutted and disappointed at the end of a game against Chelsea, we probably would have taken that emotion because it meant we would have been pleased, but we’re gutted because we lost it on little bits of detail.

“Losing a goal so early in the second half and then, when we had good possession of the ball on the far side, we fall and they catch us on the break and that’s why they’re where they are.”

Drogba impressed by Shrewsbury

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Drogba put the Premier League leaders ahead three minutes after half-time at Greenhous Meadow but the Shrews were level in the 77th minute when substitute Andy Mangan scored 84 seconds after coming on.

But Jermaine Grandison’s 81st-minute own goal broke Shrewsbury’s hearts and gave Chelsea a 2-1 victory.

After the match, Drogba was quick to praise the performance of League Two outfit Shrewsbury – a side some 72 places below Chelsea in the Football League ladder.

“Fantastic team, fantastic opponent,” the Ivorian said of Micky Mellon’s side at the full-time whistle on Sky Sports 1.

“I think they give everything and I think they show today why they deserve to be here tonight and they made a very difficult game for us really.”

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho insisted that he always knew his side was going to be in for a tough game.

“I didn’t change my feelings (that) the game was going to be difficult,” he said.

“It was difficult from minute one to the last minute. I still had (Eden) Hazard to make a change but I was worried about the possibility of going to extra-time.

“We needed to do that change so I delay that change, could be a change to break the game definitely but when you have the possibility of extra-time you have to control the situation which he did so I’m very pleased with the players, I was not expecting a different match.”

Mellon was pleased with Shrewsbury’s performance but declared himself “gutted” by the outcome.

He said: “I just said to the players there, if someone would have said that we would have felt gutted and disappointed at the end of a game against Chelsea, we probably would have taken that emotion because it meant we would have been pleased, but we’re gutted because we lost it on little bits of detail.

“Losing a goal so early in the second half and then, when we had good possession of the ball on the far side, we fall and they catch us on the break and that’s why they’re where they are.”