He opened his Champions League mark two account with a penalty in the bottom left corner and his league one with a Munich type header.
The King is back – well maybe not, with Drogba struggling to get into the game for long periods and missing a chance he would have seen thump into the back of the net during his better years, but he still scored.
He worked his socks off for Chelsea and made sure that the Manchester United defence knew he was there.
There might just be life in the old Drog yet!