{"id":325348,"date":"2011-03-20T22:15:07","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T22:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/20\/essien-confident-of-chelsea-title-success-after-win-over-man-city\/"},"modified":"2011-03-20T22:15:07","modified_gmt":"2011-03-20T22:15:07","slug":"essien-confident-of-chelsea-title-success-after-win-over-man-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/20\/essien-confident-of-chelsea-title-success-after-win-over-man-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Essien Confident Of Chelsea Title Success After Win Over Man City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"61.7897727273\">\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=\"8\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Essien_white4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25455\" title=\"Essien confident of Chelsea title success after Man City win\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/b2835443te4-193x300.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Ghanaian midfielder Micahel Essien believes Chelsea can still retain the league title after their important 2-0 win over Manchester City on Sunday.\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ghanaian midfielder Micahel Essien believes Chelsea can still retain the league title after their important 2-0 win over Manchester City on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ghanaian midfielder Micahel Essien believes Chelsea can still retain the league title after their important 2-0 win over Manchester City on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Goals from Brazilian duo of defender David Luiz and midfielder Ramires sealed the victory at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/20\/2403757\/we-have-to-believe-theres-a-long-way-to-go-michael-essien\">Stamford Bridge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The victory means Chelsea move to third position on the table, nine points adrift og leaders Manchester United but have one game in hand.<\/p>\n<p>Essien told <em>Sky Sports<\/em> that the club will fight for every point until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to believe that we can do it and there is a long way to go and we\u2019ll fight for every point,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a very tight game, we take every game as it comes and we\u2019re still working really hard to win games. So we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David Luiz has now scored two important goals since his arrival from Benfica and Essien hailed the performances of the centre-back at the start of his Blues career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnother goal from him today and since he came in he\u2019s been fantastic,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need these types of players at Chelsea and he\u2019s come in and done a great job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<div><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div><\/div>\n\n --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/b2835443te4-193x300.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Visit link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/03\/essien-confident-of-chelsea-title-success-after-win-over-man-city\/\" title=\"Essien Confident Of Chelsea Title Success After Win Over Man City\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Essien Confident Of Chelsea Title Success After Win Over Man City<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. 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