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.
Culled from Punch
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