Tim Sherwood said he is “admiring” Nicholas Jackson after Chelsea’s 2-1 win over Brentford, but believes the striker sometimes looks like a celebrity playing for Soccer Aid. spoke.
Enzo Maresca’s side further strengthened their Premier League title credentials with victory at Stamford Bridge on Sunday night, moving them two points clear of leaders Liverpool.
Marc Cucurella put Chelsea ahead in the first half, before Jackson doubled their advantage just after half-time with some great individual skill.
However, before goal, Jackson missed a clear chance with his left foot from six yards remaining after Jadon Sancho played the ball across the box.
However, coach Sherwood praised Jackson’s mentality after the game and assured that the 23-year-old will continue to improve.
“Ever since I’ve seen Nicholas Jackson, not just today but I think all season long, he’s very unpredictable,” Sherwood told Premier League Productions.
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“Sometimes he doesn’t look like a footballer, he looks like someone who plays in Soccer Aid.
“Look at this chance (Jackson’s miss from 6 yards), it looks like a rapper or an actor or something trying to play the football.”
“But all of a sudden he turned on. He’s very threatening because he tries to get behind and he doesn’t care if he misses his chance because he knows it’s coming.
“But we’re going to show you something indefensible now (against Jackson’s goal), you can’t defend this. As soon as the ball turns over, Caicedo has a great performance and Enzo We gave him the ball. Not everyone can do this (run through and score) when he gets into this position, but he has the talent to do this.
“It’s unbelievable. He takes the most difficult chances and misses the easiest ones, but he always wants to offer himself, so you have to be a big character to do that.
“I have a lot of time for him. He has nine goals in the Premier League now. It’s a very difficult chance (against Brentford). He has a lot of work to do. Drive He kept his balance and scored the ball in the bottom corner of the goal, winning the match.
“But he always gives of himself all the time and I admire him for that.
“He’s still young, he can still develop and he can get even better. This manager has shown him those opportunities and how he develops and has gotten the coaching team to work together to recreate those opportunities. I’m sure I’ll show him what I can do.
“This (Jackson’s goal) is not something you have to recreate with him. We know he’s good at it, but the opportunity came when he was hardly prepared and he He had an almost surprised look on his face and his legs were straight.”His left foot has terrible technique.
“I think he has the talent for an all-round game. After 50 games, he has surpassed Didier Drogba, who is one of the best centre-forwards of all time.”
“Like I said, he looks like a really good character, to push himself at the Bridge and in the Premier League, to get a big chance and miss it, to accept the criticism and still get that chance again. It takes a great personality to motivate himself and he takes difficult chances, that’s how he does it.If he can finish the easy problems, his numbers will go up. It will double.”
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