Chennaiyin FC's assistant coach Vivek Nagul today said that his boys are not scared of Mumbai City FC team's marquee striker Nicholas Anelka, who is expected to play his first match when the two teams lock horns in the Hero ISL, here tomorrow.
"We won't have any particular strategy for Anelka. We have players to do a job for us both with and without the ball. We have the quality to stop Anelka also when he is in possession," a confident Nagul told reporters at the pre-match press conference.
Nagul also dismissed notion that Chennai was overtly dependant on Brazilian Elano Blumer.
"We are not dependent on one single player. Our team is a blend of youth and experience. We have good attackers. You will see a positive change in the attitude of our players compared to what it was when we played against Delhi Dynamos," Nagul said.
The Chennai team is not planning any change in the starting line-up despite their 1-4 drubbing at the hands of Dynamos in the last match in Delhi.
"At the moment, we are not planning to bring in changes to our defence line-up. It was a bad day against Delhi Dynamos. We are confident of performing to our potential tomorrow and win the match. Of course, we will bring in substitutions depending on the match situation. Hopefully, we will not lose our possessions and make good of them."
On captain Bojan Djordjic not being able to play through the match, Vivek said,"He struggled a bit in the last two matches. We do not want to force any player unnecessarily. We have strong midfield bench-strength and Bojan not playing the match through is not a problem for us. We are focused fully to deliver the result tomorrow against Mumbai City FC.
