John Obi Mikel je dobro odigral tekmo, a minuto pred tekmo je zvedel da je izginil njegov oče v Nigeriji, tako da bo verjetno izpustil tekmo z WBA.
At the moment we have not heard from Mikel's father, or anyone else, so we don't know what it is. At this point, we only consider him missing. He us totally devastated. We were not sure whether to tell him before the game. But after speaking to the manager, and Mike Emenalo, we agreed that he had a right to be informed if such a serious incident. He was under a lot of stress, but he showed a lot of character and mental strength to play against Stoke.
Upam da se vse srečno konča in da Mikel kmalu najde očeta.
