Adebayor aims for Drogba's record after completing Palace move

New Crystal Palace signing Emmanuel Adebayor say he is aiming to break Didier Drogba's record as the highest-scoring African in the history of the Premier League. 

The Togolese international requires nine goals to surpass Didier Drogba's 104 Premier League goals. Palace will hope that the striker, who has been signed on till the end of the season, will go on a scoring run as they seek to secure one of the European places available. 

The former Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur striker says that beating the Ivorian's total would be the biggest achievement of his career.

"What I have achieved in football so far, I’m quite happy with,” he told the club's official website. “Togo has been Togo for how many years? And I am the only one to have the chance to play in the Premier League and score that amount of goals, so I am already blessed with that.

“If I can beat the record it would be the best thing that’s ever happened to me in my career, if not I will still be happy. The most important thing as a striker will be to score goals."

Chelsea’s renaissance continues with win over Crystal Palace

Chelsea are now unbeaten in four games

Chelsea continued their recovery from a poor start to the season with a three-nil win at Selhurst Park over Crystal Palace. Goals from Oscar, Willian and Diego Costa were enough for Chelsea as they moved further up the table.

Guus Hiddink got his first win of his second spell in a game Chelsea showed signs of returning to their previous good form in the 3-0 win. Costa laid on Oscar for the 29^th minute opener.

Willian continued his fine form in a dismal Chelsea season when he offered another excellent display which was capped by a long range finish in the second half.

Costa then got in on the act on his return from suspension in a game in which Palace lost their usual drive and verve. Chelsea are now unbeaten in four matches since Jose Mourinho’s departure while Palace lost for the first time since November.