Didier Drogba has warned anyone trying to stop him and Nicolas Anelka that the club's strikers are just as good at setting up goals as scoring them.
Chelsea have already hit an incredible 21 goals in five league games so far this season - 29 in all competitions - and go to Manchester City on Saturday with confidence at an all-time high.
City are certain to mark five-goal Drogba and six-goal Nicolas Anelka tightly but the Ivory Coast star says it won’t prevent another team-mate putting the ball in the net instead.
Winger Florent Malouda already has seven goals this season, for instance, while Salomon Kalou has five - many of them set up by Drogba.
Drogba said: "There are players in our team who can score goals but those same players are capable of giving assists.
"It helps if I can go outside to the right or left to make some space and I know that Nico (Anelka) or Flo (Malouda) will move up front in that situation. They both show that understanding and the desire to score goals, so it makes things really interesting.
"And you can’t forget what Salomon Kalou and Daniel Sturridge have brought us because they give fresh legs and different options. We know we have the quality in the dressing room to make the difference at any time in any game.
"This is going to be important in tight games because our opponents will know that a chance could come from a good pass by a striker or by a good strike from a midfielder.
"It’s good to have so many players with these qualities and to be able to make goals from different situations."
Chelsea scored a club record 142 goals in all competitions last season as they won the Double (103 of them in the Premier League) but already look on course to overtake that total this time. And Drogba reckons Chelsea’s goal power is a result of years of playing together - with a large proportion of the squad having been at Stamford Bridge for many seasons.
"The fluidity comes because we know each other so well now and that makes things easier for you on the pitch," he said. "That understanding is there because we’ve been together such a long time so we know more or less what we have to do."
Chelsea have already hit an incredible 21 goals in five league games so far this season - 29 in all competitions - and go to Manchester City on Saturday with confidence at an all-time high.
City are certain to mark five-goal Drogba and six-goal Nicolas Anelka tightly but the Ivory Coast star says it won’t prevent another team-mate putting the ball in the net instead.
Winger Florent Malouda already has seven goals this season, for instance, while Salomon Kalou has five - many of them set up by Drogba.
Drogba said: "There are players in our team who can score goals but those same players are capable of giving assists.
"It helps if I can go outside to the right or left to make some space and I know that Nico (Anelka) or Flo (Malouda) will move up front in that situation. They both show that understanding and the desire to score goals, so it makes things really interesting.
"And you can’t forget what Salomon Kalou and Daniel Sturridge have brought us because they give fresh legs and different options. We know we have the quality in the dressing room to make the difference at any time in any game.
"This is going to be important in tight games because our opponents will know that a chance could come from a good pass by a striker or by a good strike from a midfielder.
"It’s good to have so many players with these qualities and to be able to make goals from different situations."
Chelsea scored a club record 142 goals in all competitions last season as they won the Double (103 of them in the Premier League) but already look on course to overtake that total this time. And Drogba reckons Chelsea’s goal power is a result of years of playing together - with a large proportion of the squad having been at Stamford Bridge for many seasons.
"The fluidity comes because we know each other so well now and that makes things easier for you on the pitch," he said. "That understanding is there because we’ve been together such a long time so we know more or less what we have to do."
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