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Didier Drogba is due to be released from hospital after being knocked out during Chelsea's 3-1 win over Norwich. Chelsea said their medical staff would monitor the 33-year-old striker - who underwent tests after suffering "mild concussion" - over the coming days. Drogba was knocked unconscious when he went up for an aerial challenge with Norwich goalkeeper John Ruddy and landed in sickening fashion. The Ivory Coast international was carried off wearing a breathing aid.After the game Blues manager Andre Villas-Boas said: "The doctor did a great job. We hope for his well-being as a person first. He is showing progressive signs of recovery." Villas-Boas said he had no problem with Ruddy's challenge but said of the incident: "It looked pretty nasty. He lost consciousness completely on the pitch. "I have to be very, very grateful, not only to my players but to the Norwich players and to my medical staff for reacting so quickly to a potentially dangerous situation." Drogba's injury scare was just one of several dramas in a game which was ultimately decided by a controversial late penalty which sparked a major flashpoint between the benches, with Norwich boss Paul Lambert shoving Chelsea coach Jose Mario Rocha after the latter entered the visitors' technical area to celebrate. Lambert said: "I don't know who he is but he's flown right into our area. I'm not fluent in Portuguese so if he understands Glaswegian then he might know what I said."You don't do that - it's disrespectful."