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Juan Mata says Chelsea are treating Shakhtar Donetsk clash as must-win tie

Image: Juan Mata: Treating the Shakhtar clash like a cup final with Chelsea

Chelsea playmaker Juan Mata says the club will treat Wednesday night's key Champions League clash with Shakhtar Donetsk 'like a final'.

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Summer signing Victor Moses made his first league start for the club at Swansea due to Mata's injury with the former Wigan forward opening the scoring before Pablo Hernandez's late equaliser. Moses feels he has shown Chelsea boss Roberto Di Matteo what he can do but reckons the team still needs to improve. "It's a massive club and with the amount and quality of players we have here you have to wait for your chance. That's what I've been doing and I have to show the manager I'm good enough to start. It's just part of the game," he told the club's official website. "I was delighted to start but the game was a bit slow from us, though we came out second half and dominated, but it cost us at the end. It's not the best result but we have to take it and move on from it. "Now we have to keep on improving week in week out, but I am delighted to be here."

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