Chelsea vs PSG: Only our best will be good enough tonight, insists John Obi Mikel

Tough test: Chelsea trail PSG 2-1 from the first leg
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Simon Johnson9 March 2016

John Obi Mikel believes Chelsea will have to play their best game of the season to knock Paris St Germain out of the Champions League tonight.

Chelsea trail 2-1 from the first leg three weeks ago and are in danger of being knocked out by the French champions at home in the last 16 for the second successive season.

PSG have lost only twice in 44 matches this season and Mikel, who scored in Paris, said: “It will take our best performance of the season to turn this around. The whole team needs to perform if we are to go through. We have to do it together.

“We attack and defend together. We can’t just look to individuals. They are a very good team but we will find a way to go through.”

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Mikel urged the club’s fans to cheer them to glory: “We need the supporters to make it as loud as possible. They have been amazing and fantastic to us this season.

“We have been up and down and they have stuck by us. Whether we have been doing badly or well, they have been there. Their support can help take us through tonight.

“This is also a chance for us to repay them by getting through to the quarter-finals.”

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