Didier Drogba believes Chelsea is being deliberately targeted by opposition players.

``I'm not being paranoid, but people are against us,'' Drogba was quoted as saying in Tuesday's edition of French sports daily L'Equipe.

``For certain people, anything goes in order to beat us,'' the Chelsea and Ivory Coast striker said in an interview.

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech had a depressed skull fracture after Reading's Stephen Hunt hit him in the head with his knee in Saturday's Premier League match.

Drogba disputed Hunt's insistence that it was an accident.

``It's not an accident. He saw he was going to hit Petr,'' Drogba said. ``After he saw Petr being carried off on a stretcher, he (Hunt) was laughing and being arrogant.''

Cech needed surgery to repair the fracture, and could be out for six months.

Drogba said he did not realize the seriousness of Cech's injuries until after the match.

``If I had known during the match that Petr's life was hanging by a thread, I don't know what my reaction would have been,'' Drogba said. ``I could have done something very stupid.''

The Blues also lost backup goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini with concussion late in the game after he was felled by Reading defender Ibrahima Sonko. Captain John Terry went in goal and Chelsea won 1-0.