Didier Drogba says Chelsea can consider themselves among the Champions League favourites.
Chelsea qualified for the last 16 with a game to spare with their emphatic 5-0 win at Schalke - a result that equalled the club's best-ever away victory in the competition.
He told the London Evening Standard: "We are very happy to have qualified. We have one more game to play and then we are going to wait for the draw and prepare for the second phase of the tournament.
"I don't know if other teams will want to play us," he continued. "They will have to play well to beat us, just as we will have to, to continue this campaign.
"I think Chelsea have the chance to say they had great teams in terms of spirit, a machine in terms of hard work and efficiency (in the past).
"This one is efficient too, but with the attacking players, the passing rate and quality of passing is higher. We have more creative players, which makes it maybe better to look at.
"But the most important thing is to win titles, so this team will only be good if this team wins titles and big trophies. Then we will be able to compare it with previous ones."
