Mourinho still backing Sheva
28 Sep 2006 - 08:51:49
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho insists Andriy Shevchenko is not in danger of being dropped.
The £30million summer signing extended his sequence of games without a goal to six as the Blues coasted to a 3-1 Champions League victory at Levski Sofia on Wednesday.
Shevchenko's problems are a stark contrast to the form of Didier Drogba, who netted a hat-trick in Sofia to take his tally for the season to seven, but Mourinho is convinced the pair will eventually form a dangerous strike partnership.
The Blues boss said: "I'll say now, so I don't have to answer the same question after the next game, that if he doesn't score he will always play the following match.
"It's fair to say that a goal is what he needs to lift his confidence but until he scores, he will always be in my line-up.
"I don't care if that takes one, two, three, four, five or more games. Shevchenko will play until he scores - that's the only chance he has of being out of the side."