Mikel Obi says Chelsea's atmosphere's much better now than under Jose Mourinho

Chelsea and Nigeria midfielder John Mikel Obi says
Chelsea is much more happier under Guus Hiddink
and have a better atmosphere in the team than
under former manager Jose Mourinho, who was
removed by the club owner, Roman Abramovich,
before Chelsea's 3-1 victory over Sunderland on
19 December.


Mikel Obi said;
"We’ve moved on and the atmosphere has
improved since the change of manager. It’s
fine now, we’ve just not been getting results.
José is a fantastic manager and will always
be a fantastic guy. But sometimes football is
a cruel game and you have to move on.'

He came back to the club a second time and won
two trophies but now he’s gone and we have to
move on. Is it the right decision? Who knows?
We’ll only see in the future.

“He [Hiddink] hasn’t
changed much yet but he was here before and he
knows the place and all the staff. The players are
different – only me and John Terry were here
before – but he knows what to do. We’re down
there in the table for a reason so he can’t come in
and perform miracles but we want to get out of
there and climb the table. We’ve had three games
now without losing so are making the right steps.



I’ve been as confused as everyone else,” he said.
“It’s difficult when you’re not playing, as you don’t
really know what the problems are. I wasn’t
playing that much under Mourinho so couldn’t put
my finger on what was going wrong. It was a
collective thing – the players and the manager
were not performing.” he concluded
Mikel also feels Man Utd played for a draw just like
Chelsea were content with a draw at their recent
clash at Old Trafford.

“Sometimes you could see in the game
(against Man Utd) that they had chances to
attack but were a little bit sceptical or
hesitant. Maybe they were a little bit scared.

“I don’t think they were really scared but
just a bit cautious. They were playing not to
lose as well. Because of the fast players we
have up front, who can break, they were
cautious and approached the game not to
lose. Both teams are not in the right place
right now to attack, attack, attack, attack.
Sometimes you have to be smart and settle
for a point.”