Nicolas Anelka aiming to put one over former Chelsea manager Avram Grant

16 December 2009 10:55
Hot shot: Anelka[LNB]Nicolas Anelka is glad Avram Grant will be sitting in the away dug-out at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night.[LNB]Portsmouth boss Grant returns to Chelsea for the first time since he was sacked at the end of the 2007-08 season after losing out to Manchester United in the Champions League final.[LNB]Grant's side will need to stop Anelka to have any chance of success in the capital as the 30-year-old Frenchman has been in fine form partnering Didier Drogba in the Blues attack.[LNB]But Anelka insists it would have been a different story if Grant had stayed in charge and only now, under Carlo Ancelotti, is he back to his best.[LNB]He said: 'I feel like I'm getting used to playing for Chelsea. Soon it will be two years that I have been here and it's gone so quickly.[LNB]'I have more confidence in my game, the way I play on the pitch and my position. That's why maybe I've looked a bit calmer on the pitch.[LNB]  'In the beginning I knew it was new for me and it took maybe more time to play the way I wanted to. But now, because of my position and the manager knows how to use me, I'm playing better.[LNB]'I think he knows how to get the best out of me. The position I have now, I've always wanted to play in.'[LNB] Didier Drogba is the world's best striker, says Portsmouth's ex-Chelsea boss Avram GrantAvram Grant: Abramovich blamed me for Terry's Champions League howlerTHE LIST: Top 50 players of the decade in the Premier League - Nos 30-21Jose Mourinho admits: I insulted a journalist but did not hit himDidier Drogba injury rocks Chelsea after star striker is crocked in trainingVIDEO: Carlo Ancelotti insists Chelsea must wipe out their defensive errors CHELSEA FC

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