Mikel seems very optimistic about Chelsea football club's bouncing back to victory from its loss in the champions league to PSG as the French team travels down to north London.
Nigerian international, John Obi Mikel believes the hope of Chelsea to advance in the UEFA Champions League is on course with the away goal his team scored against Paris St Germain on Tuesday night.
The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) winner after his free kick blunder scored the Blues only goal, when he cancelled Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s opener, before Edinson Cavani eventually gave coach Laurent Blanc a cause to smile after the proceedings in Paris.
Mikel, however, told BT Sport after the game that he and his team-mates would send PSG packing at Stamford Bridge.
“We know they’re a very good team. Our aim was to come out here and get a goal and we’ve done that tonight.
“We still have the second leg to play back home, so we have to take that back home and capitalise on that and make sure we build on that,” said the former Plateau United player.
Mikel also defended his role to bring down Lucas Moura close to the box for a free-kick, which resulted in the homers first goal.
“I had to fall in because he (Lucas) was going deeper and deeper into our 18-yard box.
“I had to, if not get the ball foul him, which I did. And then the free kick as well just skipped off my feet and went into the back of the net,” he said.