Didier Drogba expects to be fit for Chelsea's game against Aston Villa on Saturday after suffering a knee injury in the 5-0 win over Portsmouth.
The Ivory Coast striker took his goals tally for the season to 30 with a brace against Pompey on Wednesday evening, but hurt his knee in the process.
However, the 32-year-old is determined not to let the injury impact heavily on what he believes is his best season on a personal front.
Drogba, though, admits his impressive goals tally this term will count for nothing if Chelsea fail to lift a piece of silverware.
"Knowing that I am not taking the penalties and missed a few games, it is maybe the best season I've ever had," said Drogba.
"But it would be a poor season if I finished top scorer and Chelsea didn't win anything. Winning individual prizes is just a bonus.
"The knee is painful, but I think it's going to be alright."
Chelsea's title hopes have been revitalised following their victory over Portsmouth and Drogba now wants his team-mates to focus on the visit of Villa, rather than look ahead to next weekend's trip to leaders Manchester United.
"Aston Villa is a big, big game for us," he acknowledged. "We have to forget about this one (Portsmouth) and start to think about Aston Villa. We have to recover quickly and make sure we're going to be ready for the game.
"It's just important for us to try to keep this distance (one-point gap) so we go to Old Trafford with a lot of confidence and expect something good from the squad there.
"We have to concentrate on this game on Saturday and then we'll think about Manchester United. Both games are related. Let's do everything to win the first one and then we will have time to think about United.
"People have given us a lot of criticism recently, but I think they're fair because we haven't played at our level in the last few weeks.
"It's difficult when the team is playing so many matches for all of us to be on top of our game, on top of our fitness and right now we have a lot of injured players."
The Ivory Coast striker took his goals tally for the season to 30 with a brace against Pompey on Wednesday evening, but hurt his knee in the process.
However, the 32-year-old is determined not to let the injury impact heavily on what he believes is his best season on a personal front.
Drogba, though, admits his impressive goals tally this term will count for nothing if Chelsea fail to lift a piece of silverware.
"Knowing that I am not taking the penalties and missed a few games, it is maybe the best season I've ever had," said Drogba.
"But it would be a poor season if I finished top scorer and Chelsea didn't win anything. Winning individual prizes is just a bonus.
"The knee is painful, but I think it's going to be alright."
Chelsea's title hopes have been revitalised following their victory over Portsmouth and Drogba now wants his team-mates to focus on the visit of Villa, rather than look ahead to next weekend's trip to leaders Manchester United.
"Aston Villa is a big, big game for us," he acknowledged. "We have to forget about this one (Portsmouth) and start to think about Aston Villa. We have to recover quickly and make sure we're going to be ready for the game.
"It's just important for us to try to keep this distance (one-point gap) so we go to Old Trafford with a lot of confidence and expect something good from the squad there.
"We have to concentrate on this game on Saturday and then we'll think about Manchester United. Both games are related. Let's do everything to win the first one and then we will have time to think about United.
"People have given us a lot of criticism recently, but I think they're fair because we haven't played at our level in the last few weeks.
"It's difficult when the team is playing so many matches for all of us to be on top of our game, on top of our fitness and right now we have a lot of injured players."
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