Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel has called upon his team-mates to pick themselves up after a week of disappointment domestically and in Europe, and begin to turn their season around.
After losing to Inter in the Champions League and subsequently drawing against Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League, the Blues find their European and league dreams in tatters, but Mikel hasn't given up yet.
"I think the belief, mentality and everything is still there," Mikel told the Press Association.
"In football sometimes you have a bad spell and we are having ours right now. We made the mistakes so we have to repair it."
The 22-year-old remains confident that the Blues can still lift the Premier League title, despite letting a five-point lead slip over the past few months.
"We have to fight as a team, not as individuals," Mikel said.
"We played a very good game in the first half yesterday [at Blackburn] but in the second we didn't fight well enough.
"The owner [Abramovich] just came to show support. We still have the double [league and FA Cup] to win and that's what he came to assure us.
"He's a football fan and understands but at the same time he wants us to put things right.
"Everyone was shattered after losing to Inter, which is why he came over - to tell us to keep going. All we can do now is look forward to Wednesday [against Portsmouth] and, hopefully, put things right."
After losing to Inter in the Champions League and subsequently drawing against Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League, the Blues find their European and league dreams in tatters, but Mikel hasn't given up yet.
"I think the belief, mentality and everything is still there," Mikel told the Press Association.
"In football sometimes you have a bad spell and we are having ours right now. We made the mistakes so we have to repair it."
The 22-year-old remains confident that the Blues can still lift the Premier League title, despite letting a five-point lead slip over the past few months.
"We have to fight as a team, not as individuals," Mikel said.
"We played a very good game in the first half yesterday [at Blackburn] but in the second we didn't fight well enough.
"The owner [Abramovich] just came to show support. We still have the double [league and FA Cup] to win and that's what he came to assure us.
"He's a football fan and understands but at the same time he wants us to put things right.
"Everyone was shattered after losing to Inter, which is why he came over - to tell us to keep going. All we can do now is look forward to Wednesday [against Portsmouth] and, hopefully, put things right."
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