IMPORTANCE OF JOHN OBI MIKEL'S GOAL

The midfielder got a goal for the Blues in their defeat to the French giants to give Guus Hiddink’s men a precious advantage to take back to Stamford Bridge

John Obi Mikel believes his first half strike will prove priceless in Chelsea’s Champions League last-16 second leg clash against PSG. Zlatan Ibrahimovic opened the scoring for the hosts before Mikel levelled right on half-time but Laurent Blanc's side piled on the pressure and were rewarded late on with Edinson Cavani’s winner.
“My goal is a big one. I think it’s going to prove a big goal hopefully,” Mikel told Chelsea TV.
“It will be a goal that will keep us in the tie and hopefully it will put us through in the tie. If we get one nil back home, we will be through. I think we are still alive.”
However, the Super Eagles stars feels his team did well and deserved at least a draw from at Parc des Princes.
“We came out here to play the game of football and we’ve done that. I think we put on a very good performance,” he continued.
“We defended when we had to and played when we had to. It was a very difficult game but it was one that we did well. It was a fair result but I think we deserve more. We deserve a draw or win the game.
“It’s our first loss under the new manager but we’re not out of the tie yet, we’ve still got the second leg to play and hopefully we can build on the goal we have.
“When we play at home we need to make sure we get a good result and go through,” he concluded.

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