Mikel Obi
Chelsea
midfielder Mikel Obi has praised coach Jose Mourinho for the positive
impact he has made since returning to the club at the start of the
season.
The Blues are currently in second place
on the Premier League standings and first in their group in the
Champions League and Mikel believes the Portuguese has helped to restore
their winning mentality.
“This game is all about winning and the
manager that brought this transformation of winning to this club is back
now,” the Super Eagles star told Chelsea TV.
“He still has the same idea of how he wants us to approach every game with a win, win mentality.
“I came to this club at 18 and he made me to think win, win, win. Whenever you see him, you see motivation.
“He walks around the place full of
energy, full of confidence. And really, he is not doing it for himself
but for you to see how he goes about his business and he wants you to
emulate that into yourself and start behaving in a similar way.
“This is because confidence can lead you
to so many places that you never thought you could go and it is just
brilliant to work with him again.
“And now that he is back, we hope that we can continue winning the trophies that we won since he left.”
The Blues will look to continue with their winning form when they visit Newcastle United in a league clash on Saturday.
Mikel played all 90 minutes in Tuesday’s 2-0 defeat of Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium in the League Cup.
The former Lyn Oslo player made 90 per
cent pass accuracy from 70 touches on the ball. He also won just 25 per
cent of all his aerial duels while completing one dribble and one
successful tackle. He was shown a yellow card in the 29th minute for a
blatant foul on Jack Wilshere.
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