Oscar: I like the responsibility of helping younger players at Chelsea

Oscar in action for Chelsea.

In an interview with Chelsea’s official website, Oscar spoke about his life at the London club and taking up responsibility of helping out the younger players in the team.

“We are all learning together,” he said. “The important thing for this new generation of players is to play as many games as possible together, to play important games and to play well.

“Personally I always work very hard but I like to play beautiful passes too because this is my natural game. It depends on the match sometimes. Against Arsenal for example I made lots of tackles - I think I recovered eight balls in defence – and this is important to do especially in big games.”

The 23-year-old midfielder feels that manager Jose Mourinho’s trust towards him has helped him immensely. “I feel the trust of the manager. Sometimes to play your best you need this. I think I have played more consistently well this season, when maybe last season I would play three or four good games then one or two not so good ones. That’s important for me, for the team and also for the manager, and I hope to continue like this.”

On his responsibility in the team

“When you play so many games, as I have done in the last two years, for Chelsea and for the national team, and maybe the older players can’t play as much, it is helpful if I can use my experience,” he said. “I feel I can help the younger players. For example, I’ve played with Nathan Ake now a few times; Andreas Christensen came in and played at Shrewsbury. Now they are looking to me. I like that responsibility.”

“Every time on the pitch I speak to the guys. If they lose the ball I say no problem, try again. It is important to help the young players. When I started playing the older players helped me and now I can try and do the same. But I have to say I’m not an old player yet!”

Chelsea face Queens Park Rangers at the Stamford Bridge on Saturday as they will look to increase their lead at top further more.