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title: "Chelsea: Fans laud Didier Drogba after post remembering feud with Rafael Benitez"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/chelsea-fans-laud-didier-drogba-after-post-remembering-feud-with-rafael-benitez/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Uways Nisar"
section: "Chelsea Football Club"
published: "2019-11-13T19:55:52Z"
modified: "2019-11-13T19:55:52Z"
---

# Chelsea: Fans laud Didier Drogba after post remembering feud with Rafael Benitez

**Chelsea fans have been lauding club legend Didier Drogba after they were reminded of his feud with former Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez.**

The tweet reminded fans of Benitez’s comments after the first leg of Liverpool’s Champions League semi-final against the Blues back in 2008 where the Spanish coach insinuated the Ivory Coast international was a diver [(via The Guardian)](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/apr/27/championsleague.liverpool).

Drogba got his revenge as he scored two goals in the second leg as the west London giants reached their first-ever final in Europe’s premier competition [(via BBC)](https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/7368736.stm).

He scored the first of his two goals with a strike from 12-yards before he ran to the dugouts and performed a [knee-slide](https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/7368736.stm) in front of the Liverpool bench.

Fans lauded their former star striker for his antics in what was a pulsating Champions League tie between the two English clubs as they took to Twitter to react.

Here is a selection of tweets from the west London faithful:

> KING Drogba
>
> — BlueSoldiersFC (@BlueSoldiersFC) [November 13, 2019](https://twitter.com/BlueSoldiersFC/status/1194549356759785472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Legend
>
> — Favoryt Dr (@favorytDr) [November 13, 2019](https://twitter.com/favorytDr/status/1194554488729866240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Another of the reasons why Rafa was never accepted as a Chelsea Manager by the fans.
>
> — Gboyega (@Dayropo) [November 13, 2019](https://twitter.com/Dayropo/status/1194594353278140417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Loved that
>
> — Mark Harvey (@harve65) [November 13, 2019](https://twitter.com/harve65/status/1194569516208050176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> — Killa (@Draco6996) [November 13, 2019](https://twitter.com/Draco6996/status/1194565396361306112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> — Joe M (@Josephmannion76) [November 13, 2019](https://twitter.com/Josephmannion76/status/1194568427509338112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Chelsea fans, what do you remember of that Champions League semi-final? Let us know your thoughts!***