Nicolas Jackson has been subject to some harsh words from Brighton supporters at Stamford Bridge, but the striker may well have the last laugh
Brighton fans aimed an X-rated chant at Jackson during their clash with Chelsea (Image: Photo by Sebastian Frej/MB Media/Getty Images)
Brighton supporters were heard singing an X-rated chant towards Nicolas Jackson during Chelsea’s Carabao Cup third round clash against the Seagulls. The 22-year-old striker, who joined the Blues from Villarreal in the summer, has struggled to find the net since arriving in the Premier League.
Jackson, who sees his contract at Stamford Bridge expire in 2031, had featured six times for the west Londoners in the English top-flight this term before the Brighton game, picking up more yellow cards than he has scored goals. Despite the Senegal international’s best efforts, he hasn’t quite managed to relive the promising form which he showcased during pre-season.
With Jackson set to miss this weekend’s trip to Craven Cottage due to suspension, Pochettino handed the striker the chance to redeem himself against the Seagulls. It’s no easy feat to score against Roberto De Zerbi’s side – especially with a hundreds of travelling supporters singing an X-rated chant at you!
During the first-half, Jackson went down and required on-field medical treatment. While the club doctors gave him the once over, Brighton fans chanted: “You’re just a s*** Danny Welbeck!”
However, Jackson eventually clambered to his feet and soldiered on before silencing his critics in the second-half with a fantastic strike to end his drought. Ahead of the game, Pochettino attributed Chelsea’s poor start to the season to the squad’s inability to finish their chances.
“Confidence in one aspect is to score goals,” said the 51-year-old. “We need to be more natural. When you watch the game and every single time to create chances. It’s not only about your positional game, your movement – if you play with one or two strikers, or different characteristics of the game, it’s most important to be natural.
“In all the aspects, the team show confidence and belief in the way we play, how we build and our organisation when we don’t have the ball because we don’t concede too many goals and too many chances. Always in an offensive way we need to be more natural.
“We were talking a lot in the last two days and we are going to work hard and remain positive. The idea when you start the season and plan the objective and the squad, always you think in the very best scenario for the team.
“For different circumstances we are not in the very best situation. The important thing is to have experience and to calm and to keep working. The most important thing is to identify the problem. The problem is we are not clinical in front of the goal. We are only missing that, if not, for sure we are talking in a different way.”
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