Mauricio Pochettino has admitted that Chelsea needed to give Nicolas Jackson a lot more help today.
He told Sky Sports that he was still impressed by the individual performance of the striker on what was his Premier League debut.
Jackson certainly threw himself into his first competitive start in blue, as he faced the tough prospect of the lone striker role up against Virgil Van Dijk.
He will no doubt be disappointed with a chance he missed late in the first half, after Reece James put in a glorious cross that he could only blaze over.
However, despite not scoring he will be pleased with his efforts as he often cut an isolated figure up top for Chelsea.
Pochettino was pleased with his display, however admitted that they needed to do more to support him in the attack.
Pochettino calls for Jackson help
He said: “We knew him because he was playing last season in Spain and I used to be in Spain, I spent a lot of time there.
“The only problem was that sometimes he was a little bit isolated, he needed more help, because he was fighting so far.
“I was very happy with his performance, but like a team and coach we need to provide him with more players close to him and help him, because he was fighting sometimes too much isolated, that I didn’t like a lot, but it’s about to improve every day and every week.”
Supporters certainly will have left Stamford Bridge today feeling like the club have found a good one for the price of just £30m.
It will be interesting to see if Pochettino returns to a system similar to the one he has been playing in pre-season, where support should come a lot easier.
His next opportunity will be across the capital next weekend as they take on West Ham United on Sunday.
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