Koscielny confident of shackling deadly Drogba

OF all the occasions on which Arsenal’s fallibility has resulted in the elongation of a trophy drought that extends into its sixth season, no individual has left them more savagely exposed than Didier Drogba.

The Gunners have so often proved graceful beyond comparison with effervescent football of the highest calibre only to find themselves bludgeoned into submission by the awesome power of one man.

Arsenal have beaten Chelsea only twice in their previous 17 meetings, in the last 10 of which, Drogba has scored a dozen times.