Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Mikel - Chelsea can still qualify

CHELSEA goalscorer John Obi-Mikel says that the Blues can still qualify to the quarter-final despite losing 2-1 away to Paris St Germain in the first-leg of the Round of 16 match.
The Super Eagles ace scored his second Uefa Champions League goal after he canceled Zltan's strike to put the at 1-1 during half time.
However, Guus Hiddink believes the valuable away goal scored by the Nigerian will be "important" over the two legs.
"The result is negative but on the other hand an away goal is important. It hurt a bit because the team was playing decently against a team with capacity to play. But we are still in the race," he told Chelsea's twitter handle.
"We were not lethal enough at times but otherwise we can be relatively happy. We didn't moan a lot about the absence of players and the rest got the confidence and did what they were asked.
"Over two legs, it is important you have the away goal. If we can do it at Stamford Bridge then a defeat doesn't count so much."