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Drogba Confronts Fan After Draw Against Stoke

At the end of the draw against Stoke on Saturday much was made of the confrontation between Didier Drogba and a Chelsea fan as the Ivorian made his way to the tunnel. I was about 10 yards from this so called confontration and can tell you that for all the posturing and media gossip nothing of consequence happened.

Having heard a Chelsea fan question the decision to take a short corner in the dying moments Drogba decided as our American cousins would say ‘to call him out’ and after a few seconds of gesturing and Drogba calling the fan to pitch level the two exchanged a handshake and Drogba was guided away by Paulo Ferreria.

Much ado about nothing in all honesty, both sides were frustrated, the fan was not criticising his performance but one aspect in the dying moments, the fan in the end showed a level head and did not get drawn into a confrontation and no damage was done.

Here is one angle (not taken by eChelseaFC)