Chelsea legend John Obi Mikel has given a scathing evaluation of striker Nicolas Jackson’s efficiency in Sunday’s 2-0 defeat to Manchester Metropolis at Stamford Bridge.
The Blues went 1-0 right down to an 18th-minute Erling Haaland strike in Enzo Maresca’s first aggressive recreation in cost after taking up from Mauricio Pochettino.
Chelsea thought they’d drawn stage earlier than half-time as Jackson discovered the web, solely to see his effort dominated out by the offside flag.
Jackson later fluffed an enormous likelihood when he lingered on the ball too lengthy as an alternative of getting a shot away at aim.
The Senegal worldwide was spared his blushes by one other offside flag, however not earlier than drawing audible frustration from sections of the house help.
Chelsea legend Mikel doesn’t maintain again on Nicolas Jackson
Mikel shared those self same frustrations and, talking as a pundit for beIN Sport at half-time, didn’t maintain again in his criticism of Jackson.
“We’ve performed OK, we haven’t performed good, however we’ve performed OK,” Mikel — who performed 372 instances for Chelsea between 2006 and 2017 — mentioned of the 23-year-old striker (through talkSPORT).
“We created probabilities, we haven’t taken them. And simply an instance of how Jackson finishes.
“You’ll be able to see there, although he was offside, he dribbled [past[ one or two or three players and the way he shot the ball!”
Mikel then went on to state that Chelsea are still lacking a top-class striker and that the club are in need of their own Erling Haaland figure.
“You need a striker who knows how to hit a ball back in the back of the net and that’s what we don’t have,” he continued.
“I know I talk so much about him and sometimes I sound like I disrespect him. I don’t disrespect him.
“I think at Chelsea Football Club we need a top striker who can get us a goal. A bit like [Haaland], 91 objectives [for City] that’s completely unbelievable.”
Subsequent up for Chelsea is a conflict with Swiss aspect Servette at Stamford Bridge within the UEFA Convention League playoff spherical on Thursday.
