Revealed: The Arsenal defender who used to 'panic' before facing Didier Drogba

One of Philippe Senderos’ former Arsenal team-mates has revealed that the defender would ‘panic’ before coming up against Chelsea’s Didier Drogba.

William Gallas has lifted the lid on Senderos’ pre-match habits, where he ‘sweated’ and looked like a nervous man.

The Swiss international never convinced at Premier League level and Gallas admitted he failed to show his true ability on the pitch, despite never looking out of place on the training pitch.

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While Drogba was far from the only player he struggled against, Gallas picks him as the one he remembers Senderos genuinely fearing before a game.

“I knew Philippe Senderos, before a match he would need to speak a lot, you could see that he was sweating, that he did not feel good,” he told French radio station RMC

“Especially against certain players. I saw him against Chelsea, against Didier Drogba, where he would genuinely panic, like he was going through his match before playing it.

“And unfortunately, when you saw him on the pitch, he lost his playing abilities, he didn’t play well. But against his own team-mates, he played better.”