Monday, August 26, 2024-After losing their opening Premier League fixture 2-0 against defending champions Manchester City, Mikel criticised the 23-year-old during the half-time break of the game.
He told his Obi One podcast: "We created chances, we haven't taken
them. And just an example of how Jackson finishes. You can see there, even
though he was offside, he dribble [past] one or two or three players and the
way he shot the ball!
"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. 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 goals [for City] that's absolutely unbelievable."
On Sunday, Jackson was on target for the
Blues in their 6-2 romp over Wolves, opening the scoring with 98
seconds on the clock in what was the fastest goal in the 24-25 Premier
League season so far.
After the clash, the striker
controversially took to Instagram to repost that statistic on his story and
also hit out at club legend John-Obi Mikel.
"@mikel_john_obi shut your
mouth, don't talk s***. We are killing ourselves for Africa," he wrote.
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