Nigeria and Chelsea midfielder, John Mikel Obi, has said that the Blues will be all out for victory in Saturday’s FA Cup tie against Manchester City.
Mikel opined that the Jose Mourinho lads still retain its hunger for FA Cup success despite lifting it four times in the last seven years.
The AFCON 2013 winner has each of those winner’s medals at home but is eager to add to them in 2014, with the trip to Manchester City standing between Chelsea and a quarter-final place.
“The FA Cup is still very important. It’s always been important to Chelsea and it doesn’t matter how many times you’ve won it,” Mikel said.
“I’ve won it four times, so there’s a good tradition, and having missed out in the League Cup already, we want to get back to Wembley this year. If we can get past Manchester City, we are only one game away from another semi-final.
“This is a different game from last week when we won in the Premier League. It’s a different competition and we need a different mentality. I am sure Manchester City will be thinking the same.
“We lost to City in last season’s semi-final at Wembley, it was a difficult day. We didn’t start well, we let them get right on top of us, so on Saturday we have to make sure we don’t let it happen again.”
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