{"id":336332,"date":"2011-03-24T21:16:22","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T21:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/24\/exclusive-kalou-extols-essien%e2%80%99s-importance-to-chelsea\/"},"modified":"2011-03-24T21:16:22","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T21:16:22","slug":"exclusive-kalou-extols-essiens-importance-to-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/24\/exclusive-kalou-extols-essiens-importance-to-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Kalou Extols Essien\u2019s Importance To Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>Chelsea and Ivory Coast striker, Solomon Kalou has emphasized the importance of Ghanaian player, Michael Essien in the Chelsea team. Essien has seldom recorded a flat season at Chelsea since he moved to Stamford Bridge from Olympic Lyonnais in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>The 28 year old who recently recovered fully from an injury has played key roles in Chelsea\u2019s campaign so far.<\/p>\n<p>Essien\u2019s teammate at club level, Solomon Kalou is in Accra with the Ivory Coast national team for their Nation\u2019s Cup qualifier against Benin at the Accra Sports stadium on Sunday, March 27.<\/p>\n<p>The match could not take place in Ivory Coast due to the political upheaval in the country. Solomon Kalou, in an exclusive interview with Citi FM\u2019s Juliet Bawuah, stressed the importance of Ghanaian midfielder, Michael Essien in the Chelsea team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEssien is my good friend so I am happy to see him back to top level. He had a difficult time with injury the past year so it\u2019s good for the team to see Essien back in the team and also for himself because I think he deserves a better situation\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has that energy which he brings to the team and is so positive. He works so hard for the team and he is always doing great. So it is very important to have this kind of player in the team because he reassures the strikers and midfielders and he is an unselfish player who fights for the team\u201d Kalou told Citi FM.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1402-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[Read more here|View the original here|More|More|Read More|Read More|Read More|Read More|Continued here|More here|View original post here|More|See more here|See original article|Originally posted here|Visit site|See the original post||See the original article here|Read the original post|Original post|Read the article|See more here|Read the original|Link|Excerpt from|Taken from|View post|Visit link|Follow this link|Continue reading here|Continue Reading|See the article here|Read this article|View article|<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Chelsea and Ivory Coast striker, Solomon Kalou has emphasized the importance of Ghanaian player, Michael Essien in the Chelsea team. 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