The
34-year-old Ivorian was the hero against Bayern Munich on Saturday
night after saving the Blues from the jaws of defeat by pulling his side
level in the 88th minute with a bullet header past German keeper Manuel
Neuer.
He then stepped up to score the night's decisive penalty which secured Chelsea their first ever Champions League trophy.
It
seems Good Girl Gone Bad Rihanna was impressed by the striker's star
performance in the final after tweeting a blurred picture of the
footballer, with the accompanying caption 'Guess who?'
She
followed it up by posting another picture of her posing with the former
Marseille man, writing: 'THEE DIDIER DROGBA #thereisaGod'
Earlier
that day thousands of Chelsea fans lined the streets of west London to
welcome Drogba and the Blues back following their triumphant victory in
Germany.
Rihanna
received her own hero's welcome later that evening as she performed hit
single All Of The Lights with Jay Z and Kanye West at the O2.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------In what could be his final match with Chelsea, Didier Drogba proved to be Mr. Clutch and brought the London club their first Champions League victory in a game that went to a penalty shootout and included more twists than an M. Night Shyamalan movie.
But Drogba was far from the only key performer for Chelsea as they overcame a tumultuous season and
criticism of their defensive style of play in the biggest way possible.
Playing Bayern Munich in Munich was always going to be a daunting challenge and the situation turned almost impossible when Bayern finally scored the match's first goal with a flukey bouncing header from Thomas Muller just seven minutes from full time after missing chance after chance despite Chelsea's defensive failings. Down 1-0 in the 83rd minute in a hostile stadium and with little offensive bite to speak of, Chelsea didn't wilt. Instead, they once again showed the resolve that led them past Benfica, Napoli and Barcelona in the previous rounds, came out of their defensive bunker and attacked with the necessary desperation.
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