Drogba to miss Genk trip

Didier Drogba will miss Chelsea’s Champions League clash with Genk after undergoing surgery to remove screws from the arm he broke before last year’s World Cup.

The Ivorian striker had surgery last year after the injury, and will miss the clash with Genk as well as the away clash to Blackburn, for which he was already suspended.

The 33-year-old was sent off against QPR for a lunge on Adel Taraabt which led to a three-game suspension, of which two have already been served.

This was the only team news revealed by Andre Villas-Boas in his pre-match press conference, however, as he maintained that there are still decisions he needs to make following their 5-3 Premier League defeat on Saturday at home to Arsenal.

A squad of 20 players travelled to Belgium in preparation for the game, with Nicolas Anelka among them after missing the weekend’s game through injury.

Villas-Boas acknowledged that his side will not be in for an easy night, saying he struggled there while in charge of Porto last season.

“I was here last year and with Porto we had a difficult time here. Genk can cause us problems,” he said.

The Blues go into the game off the back of a heavy defeat, with some questioning the manager’s ability to organise a defence after a leaky start to the season.

“We play attacking football but we don’t forget our defending responsibilities,” Villas-Boas said, before adding, “nobody likes to watch negative football, but I like to be on the right end of the victories.”

He continued: “These patterns happen to the best teams in the world. It happened to Arsenal and what do we say about them now?”

Villas-Boas also maintained that Chelsea ‘have the talent and the experience’ to bounce back.