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#1058 | Nicolas Jackson is Officially a Chelsea Player! #CFC

London Is Blue - Chelsea FC Podcast

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Jackson's Defensive Work Rate Is Good

Virial used Jackson to pull two centrebacks away and two of the inverted forwards. Yeremi Pinu, Samuel Jukwetze make runs in behind when Jackson is pulling defenders around. So you want those two guys to be able to make those runs to create a little bit of distortion - which is what Jackson does extremely well. His defensive work rate is pretty good as he is first and foremost a wide man. He's not really somebody who's been given the responsibility to breast and recuperate a little bit and sort of choose his movements. You will often see him drop back as far as 60, 70 yards, make a tracking run, make a tackle, block

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