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Lampard: I knew Chelsea could cope without Africans

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Mon, 01/18/2010 - 09:26

Frank Lampard insists he's not surprised with how well Chelsea have coped without their African players.

Some had predicted that Chelsea's title hopes would suffer this month due to the loss of top scorer Didier Drogba, who is in Angola for the African Nations Cup.

The Blues have managed to score 12 goals in their last two games though, and Lampard believes Nicolas Anelka, who scored twice against Sunderland, is leading the line well in Drogba's absence.

"I was never one to think that we'd struggle too much because the squad is very strong," said Lampard.

"Nicolas Anelka proved what a top striker he is. Didier Drogba gets a lot of plaudits and rightly so but Anelka has been fantastic for 18 months."

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