{"id":287503,"date":"2011-03-03T06:27:10","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T06:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/03\/michael-essien-happy-returning-to-best-form\/"},"modified":"2011-03-03T06:27:10","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T06:27:10","slug":"michael-essien-happy-returning-to-best-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/03\/michael-essien-happy-returning-to-best-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Essien Happy Returning To Best Form"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"54\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- google_ad_section_start -->Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/59df78a9essien2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24433\" title=\"Michael Essien\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/59df78a9essien2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Michael Essien claims he is reclaiming top form<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien was back to his best in victory over Manchester United.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Essien, who showed his best form in Carlo Ancelotti\u2019s adapted 4-4-2 formation, knew we could not afford to lose Tuesday night\u2019s match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t want to lose this game, we knew we needed the three points, we spoke to each other and wanted to push on and do the job,\u201d he told chelseafc.com, before discussing Ancelotti\u2019s tactics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re all footballers and have to be ready for any formation, the manager came up with 4-4-2 and we played really well. 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