"The coach said to me 'you are this team - when you don't play well, the team doesn't play well," said Mikel.
"So I felt big, big pressure after that but it means I go out there to make sure the team plays well and wins.
"It puts pressure on me but good pressure because I think it shows he's pleased with me and thinks I can live up to the task.
"All I have to do is keep going and keep doing the right things and at the end of the season, I can look back and say 'I didn't disappoint him'. Football is all about belief and I think Scolari has belief in me."
Chelsea face Everton in Monday's game looking to return to the top of the log after Liverpool once again failed to win against Arsenal.




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When Michael Essien, Chelsea's instrumental battling midfield player, sustained a cruciate ligament injury whilst on international duty with Ghana in September and was ruled out for the bulk of the season, many feared for the Blues' campaign.
Claude Makélélé, who cemented himself as one of the best holding midfielders of the past two decades with the Blues, had also moved on from Stamford Bridge, to Paris Saint-Germain, leaving four big boots to fill.
However, John Obi Mikel has emerged to do just that. The Nigerian has been impressive, without making too much fuss, and now a report in The People suggests that the 21-year-old will be awarded with improved terms.
In fact, the touted £120,000-a-week contract would leave him on a par with the club's top earners and see him trot into the Premier League's elite bracket of players.
Boss Luiz Felipe Scolari will not have much of a transfer kitty to work with over January, but he apparently wants to makes moves towards securing the future of his existing stars.
You can see that the guy is doing well.
Nonsense people who don't appreciate good thing in life.
There is no basis to compare Eto and Mikel, the 2 are poles apart and the former, a more nutured,matured and established world class soccer player.Comparing both is like comparing Drogba with King Kanu. Mbanu Awilo, abi na sentiment de worry you.
We can help Mikel to grow more better by reminding him that pride goes before fall. It is also applicable to all human endeavours.
As for the Blues, let`s wait and see if they can cross the The Old Lady,(Juventus)hurdle in the Champions league round of 16.Remember they are yet to win that special trophy since their inception over a century years ago, and there is no possibility they gonna do it this time around, but Barca can.
I say, Forza Barca! Ma lo Barca jari!