Chelsea striker Drogba has known that feeling more than any other player since the stadium was rebuilt in 2007, having found the net in every one of his seven competitive appearances there.

And the man who netted the winner in both the 2007 and 2010 FA Cup final would love nothing better than to make it a hat-trick against Liverpool.

"I feel like a kid, feel like a kid scoring a winning goal," said Drogba.

"We were practising free-kicks out on the pitches today and, with the last free-kick, Ramires scored and he reacted like a kid would react.

"It's the same feeling for everyone, scoring a goal in a big game, a final, it's a dream."

Drogba dreamt of playing at Wembley since he was a child, recalling watching the 1996 final between Manchester United and Liverpool.

He said: "My dream was to play at the old Wembley, where I saw all those big games: from Chelsea; when Eric Cantona - one of my favourite players - scored that goal there.

"So that was my dream. But I'm quite happy with the new one."

Drogba seems to come alive at the world's "most famous" football cathedral.

"I haven't been to the Maracana, but Wembley is, for me, the most famous one," he said.

"We've had some good results there. We won, I think, all our FA Cup finals there, so it's a good stadium for us. Maybe it's our lucky stadium.

"I feel comfortable on this pitch.

"When I decided I wanted to play football when I was young, I wanted to play in big stadiums like this."

Tomorrow could be Drogba's last chance to do so.

"I hope not, I hope not," said the 34-year-old, who looks destined to leave Chelsea when his contract expires this summer.

The Blues did not consider him worthy of more than a one-year extension and he said: "People forget I started football late.

"At a high level, I only really started when I was 25 or 26, so I feel fresh, I feel good, I want to play."

Drogba revealed he adapted to the English game by modelling himself on Alan Shearer, whom he faced in a UEFA Cup semi-final while playing for Marseille in 2004.

"People say I bully defenders, but this way I play is something I have learned over the years," Drogba was quoted as saying by the Daily Mirror.

"When I came here, I didn't know I had that game in me. I learned that, and I adapted to the Premier League and the way football is over here.

"To last in this league, you have to adapt your game, to the physical condition of the other players, to the pace of the game. I think I managed quite well.

"But I did model myself on Shearer because I had the chance to play against him in that UEFA Cup semi-final in my last year at Marseille.

"He played in both legs, and he was an example for me. All the Marseille defenders said how difficult it was to mark him in those games. I had to try to learn from him."