Super
Eagles midfielder, John Obi Mikel proved to Roberto Di Matteo and
indeed Chelsea fans that he's good enough to command a starting shirt
after he played 90minutes with the UEFA Champions League reigning kings
kicking the new season off to a winning start with a comfortable 2-0
defeat of Wigan Athletic on Sunday afternoon.
The
match was over as a contest after just seven minutes, with the goals
coming from Branislav Ivanovic and a Frank Lampard penalty.
Wigan
had chances to claw their way back into the game but their lack of a
proven goalscorer told against them, with former Blues forward Franco di
Santo particularly guilty of some glaring misses.
Chelsea's Eden Hazard, the only Blues debutant on show, created both goals for his new team.
His
exquisite turn and slide rule pass found Ivanovic in just the second
minute, with the Serbian defender holding off the challenge of Ivan
Ramis before slotting past Ali Al Habsi.
Ramis,
making his Latics debut, also gave away the penalty when he scythed
down Hazard in the box. Lampard stepped up and made no mistake, shooting
powerfully home.
Mikel,
whose defensive qualities was called to question several times, watched
helpless as his countryman, Victor Moses a a reported Chelsea target
dazzled the Blues midfielders and defence line with the view of looking
for a come back goal as Roberto Di Matteo's side took their foot off the
pedal and invited Wigan to run on them, with Petr Cech forced into fine
saves from Moses, di Santo and new striker Arouna Kone.
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