What Mikel Said After Captaining Middlesbrough To Two Consecutive Wins

John Mikel Obi led Middlesbrough out for the second consecutive game

What Mikel Said After Captaining Middlesbrough To Two Consecutive Wins

John Mikel Obi led Middlesbrough out for the second consecutive game following Saturday’s hard-fought 1-0 home win against Hull City at the Riverside Stadium.

He captained Middlesbrough for the first time in a competitive game in the Tuesday’s 2-0 away win at Bolton Wanderers.

The Nigerian International was bestowed with the honour once again on Saturday afternoon and he expressed his delight even as he hopes Boro can keep on winning games to aid their push for a playoff place at the end of the season.

Mikel told BBC in an interview that it was always nice to be the captain.

”Great team, great players, great lads too, so it is always nice, it is always positive. I am really honoured to have captained the team in the last two games.

”Hopefully we can keep winning games, I think that is the most important thing.”

Tony Pulis ‘ men will host Oghenekaro Etebo’s Stoke City in their Championship game on Friday.

The former Chelsea midfielder who linked up with Middlesbrough on a short term deal in January has featured in 14 Championship games for the club but is yet to find the back of the net.

Middlesbrough sits in the seventh position in the table with 64 points from 42 games.