Middlesbrough midfielder Mikel John Obi has spoken of the winning mentality at Chelsea.

Mikel admits John Terry drove everything at Stamford Bridge during their time together.

He told The Sun: “If we lost a game, we may not speak to each other for a day to show this was not good and tomorrow had to be better.

“We were just so hungry. Did we take it a bit too far? Sometimes, yes, we had to.

“There were people fighting, grabbing round the neck, JT smashing the table and drinks. If we were losing a game you did not want to be in the dressing room.

“There were countless times. If we were 1-0 down at half-time and had to win, he did it time in, time out.

“The manager would speak and then leave it to JT to carry on. He smashes the whole place up and then we go back out and get the win.

“What he said, we followed. What he did, we followed. We looked at him for a reaction and we followed.

“No matter what manager came in, you had to know the figurehead of the club was John Terry."