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Drogba: Chelsea more dangerous than ever

Didier Drogba says the current Chelsea side assembled by Jose Mourinho is the most potent attacking team he has played in.

Chelsea's creative qualities were on show as they thrashed Schalke 5-0 to qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League with a game to spare, Drogba scoring the fourth to record his 50th goal in European competition.

Didier Drogba says marking the likes of Willian in training leaves him needing treatment © Getty Images

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Mourinho's side are unbeaten in 19 matches this season and lead the Premier League by six points, but Drogba feels Chelsea must win silverware this season to surpass the title-winning teams he played in during his first spell at Stamford Bridge.

"Chelsea have had great teams in terms of spirit, a machine in terms of hard work and efficiency," Drogba said. "This one is efficient too, but with our attacking players the passing rate and quality of passing is higher.

"We have more creative players, which makes us maybe more better to look at. In both ways the most important thing is to win titles so this team will only be good if this team wins titles and big trophies. Then we will be able to compare it with previous ones."

His sentiments are shared by Mourinho, who said Chelsea are playing with "flair and beauty" and that any team would have struggled to deal with them on Tuesday night.

Drogba, 36, also revealed that he has sometimes been left needing treatment after being used by Mourinho as an auxiliary defender in training to mark Diego Costa, Eden Hazard and Willian.

"You know sometimes I try to face them in training and after that I have to go to the massage room and get some treatment because they're that good," added Drogba.

"This was a very good result for us in the Champions League, especially as it was away from home and we struggled in our last match in Maribor.

"To win away with five goals is a great result. We don't look at our opponent's performance, we look at how we played. We put ourselves in the best conditions to win the game."

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