Anelka has only scored twice since he arrived at Stamford Bridge for £15million in the January transfer window while Drogba's only goal after returning from the African Nations Cup came in the Carling Cup final defeat to Tottenham at Wembley.

Chelsea face Tottenham on Wednesday night in a crucial Barclays Premier clash at White Hart Lane and victory would leave Grant's side level on points at the top with both Manchester United and Arsenal.

But Grant maintains he is not worried by their goal drought as long as they continue to make chances for others and the side keep on winning.

"I'm not worried as long as the team are scoring goals," said Grant.

"Anelka, when he played against West Ham and against Derby, played like a team player. We won because of him. He played well.

"If he plays well and the team scores four or six goals, it's still good even if you do judge strikers by goals.

"I'm sure he and Didier will score goals. Our game is that we play with three forwards and the players behind come forward and provide goals. The team score, not one player."

Chelsea's capitulation to Spurs at Wembley gave Grant a rare taste of defeat and yet the 52-year-old Israeli is adamant that 'revenge' is not a word that features in his vocabulary as far as tomorrow's game is concerned.

Grant said: "I don't live in the past. When we came to the Carling Cup, I didn't think about us having beaten them in the league a few weeks before.

"I don't think it will be relevant in this game. We are trying to build a style of the team - some basic things, how we move, how we build an attack, how we defend.

"In that game at Wembley, we didn't play. Winning this game would be good. It's always good to win.

"My team, even if we'd won the Carling Cup, would have wanted to win this game. It's a league game. We have the mentality that we want to win every game we can.

"We take every game seriously, even in not important competitions. We've done a good job in the league and we want to win this game."

Chelsea are right back in the title race and after Tottenham they face Arsenal at home on Sunday.

Both games will provide a crucial test of Chelsea's mental toughness and although many pundits have expressed surprise that Grant's side are back in the thick of things at the top, the Chelsea chief disagrees.

Grant added: "We won many games at the right time. We're back. We were in the race all the time, but now it's more clear.

"I think it is an interesting season for us. It is a season when a few of our important players got injured after they'd been in very good shape.

"Then some others went to Africa. In that time, we actually won a lot of games to put us in a position where we can do good things.

"It's good that we've got a game in hand so we can close the gap. But Spurs are a good team with a very good manager and we need to win.

"Each game is different. Sometimes we make it look easy - like Derby, but you see what happened three days later when they played against Manchester United.

"Spurs know how to play football and are playing very well."

However, Grant's penchant for attacking football may have to be dispensed with during the title battle in favour of grinding out the odd result or two.

Chelsea smashed Derby for six last week with flair and imagination but then followed that by grinding out a 1-0 victory over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.

Grant admits that while his first choice is to play with style, he also accepts that occasionally he will have to settle for little less flamboyance.

He added: "When you play with style you win more games than without.

"But you can't play every game in an exciting manner. We want to win every game. But I think you need to think differently about style.

"If we were playing with style but losing, I wouldn't want to play with style.

"It's about knowing how to do it and how to win."