Salomon Kalou insists Chelsea pal Didier Drogba is better than Manchester United star Wayne Rooney.

Kalou has admitted Chelsea's Treble hopes rest on Drogba's fitness.

The striker has scored 25 goals in all competitions this season.

And Kalou says his Ivorian team-mate must last the course if he is to beat Wayne Rooney in the race for the Golden Boot and the Prem crown.

Drogba has 19 in the league compared to Rooney's 23 for the Red Devils.

Kalou said: "Didier is the kind of striker who, when he's on form, the whole team plays well and he makes his team-mates play even better.

"Rooney this year is amazing but Didi, for me, is still one of the best strikers in the world."