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Jose Mourinho is banking on top scorer Didier Drogba to produce another top performance and send the Premiership champions into the Athens final.
The Chelsea chief, who left Andriy Shevchenko in London with an injury picked up on Saturday against Bolton, does not need much reminding of the Ivory Coast man's awesome display against Liverpool last week in the semi-final first leg.
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez admitted his team did not know how to cope with Drogba, who created the solitary goal for Joe Cole that now separates the sides ahead of tonight's second leg at Anfield.
Liverpool defender Daniel Agger was not too impressed either, having been on the end of far too much of Drogba's physical excesses than he cared to be.
That will not concern Mourinho over much, and he will expect more of the same drive from the powerful striker tonight.
Mourinho said: 'Didier is in really good form, and although Liverpool have good defenders - and they do play a lot of offside - Didier is so powerful, he can worry them again.
'He did it at Stamford Bridge last week and he did it at Anfield in the league last season. So we believe that he can be an important man for us again.'
Shevchenko joins Ricardo Carvalho and Michael Ballack on the injured list, but Arjen Robben is in the squad after making a quicker-than-expected recovery from ligament damage.
And Mourinho does not expect the prospect of another damaging yellow card to bother Drogba.
One more and he will be suspended from any potential final, which would be a cruel blow to the man who has carried Chelsea's attack all season.
The Portuguese said: 'The players we have with two yellows are attacking players. They should not get cards for complaining to officials, I do not want them to do that.
'Maybe an aggressive foul, but that is something which normally an attacking player does not need to do. An attacking player should be under control, and play a semi-final without a yellow card. I think that is not difficult.'
Mourinho now believes his side can finish the job and reach their first European Cup final, and he claims they will attack tonight at Anfield rather than try to defend their slender lead.
He said: 'We will attack. For 10 minutes you can defend with everything, but for 90 you cannot defend perfectly. A good way to play is to scare your opponents, keep possession and score.
'But again we will not have all our players, this has been the season of injuries, something we have had to cope with. But we are still in a very good situation. We have won a final, we have another one to play and we are in the Champions League semis.
'The fight is still on for the title, it is very difficult but still mathematically possible. I feel we have done very well. I would like to have Carvalho and Michael Essien in the same team together, and I cannot do it.
'And I do not think this match is the game of the season for us. It is very important but we still have the FA Cup final to play, this game at Liverpool can see us move into the Champions League final, and that means a lot - especially for a club with so little experience in Europe.
'I do not know what Mr Abramovich thinks, but surely he must be very happy and very proud because his team has had so many problems, but has arrived in May with what we have achieved and what is still to come. Two finals, a semi-final and a second position in the league.'
Terry sought management option
John Terry has revealed he spoke to Chelsea about becoming manager at the end of a nine-year contract during contract talks at Stamford Bridge.
The England captain last month reported there had been 'no movement' on his contract situation at Stamford Bridge - but he remains adamant he wants to stay at the club for the rest of his career.
The 26-year-old confirmed that talks between himself and the club had broken down but insisted the situation was not irretrievable.
However, he has now revealed further details.
Terry told BBC's Inside Sport programme: 'I'd certainly like to manage one day. When we were speaking about my contract with Chelsea we were talking about a nine-year contract maybe with an option to manage at the end of it.
'That is certainly the way I want to go, I want to get my badges and then make that decision at the end of it.'
