𝙏𝙍𝘼𝙉𝙎𝙁𝙀𝙍 𝙉𝙀𝙒𝙎: Chelsea and @ManchesterUnited admire Liam Delap.

[Via David Ornstein]

11 saves and last night’s 🌟 of the match! 🧤

#CFC #ChelseaFC #UECL

Conference League Standings: 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝟒

Chelsea have mathematically guaranteed themselves a place in the knockout play-offs.

Nicolas Jackson thanked Unai Emery when he signed his new Chelsea deal. Emery told Villarreal not to buy a striker during his time at the club amid an injury crisis, citing a young Jackson as the solution to their problems.

Bournemouth have admitted that they made a mistake in pulling out of a deal for Jackson before he joined Chelsea due to injury concerns.

Jackson has never forgotten where he came from, sending truckloads of food for locals in Ziguinchor, Senegal, and Banjul, the capital of the Gambia.

Jackson is tired of Didier Drogba comparisons, telling those who bring it up that one is a ‘legend’ of Chelsea while he is a ‘nobody’ still finding his way.

Chelsea paid £32m to sign him in June 2023 but ask the Blues today and they will tell you he is worth twice that, at least, after his impressive performances in the Premier League this season. 🇸🇳

(mailsport)

No player has a better shot conversion rate in the #EPL than Jackson this campaign. The same as Mohamed Salah. #CFC

(officialwhoscored)

A busy December is upon us 👊💙

7 Premier League matches, and the final 2 matches of the Conference League’s league phase.

Enzo Maresca ahead of Aston Villa [H] in the Premier League:

⚠️ 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥:

“Absolutely. I see Aston Villa as a very good team.
In the last two or three years, especially with their new manager [Unai Emery] and sporting director. They’re playing Champions League already. For sure, they are there and want to be there.”

👏 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤:

“I said many times; for sure, in terms of results and the way we want to play, we are above my expectation. But the good thing is we are there and we will try and be there as much as we can. We can help things and improve players.”

🤔𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞:

“It depends. You can also say they play yesterday
Wednesday] and we play tonight [Thursday]. We arrive [home] very late and it is already Friday. For sure, we change players but hopefully we can do this all season because imagine if we didn’t have the chance to change players.

“You arrive late, it’s not easy and especially the strange thing, sometimes you play tomorrow on Friday and then play Thursday and on Sunday. Southampton, they don’t play any European competition. This is not something normal. We have two days after Sunday’s game and they have almost a week, six days - this is something not normal. But we are going to try and prepare the game in the best way and try to win.“

💪 𝐎𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞:

“For sure. He can work better on the ball. Off the ball, he is working a lot and he is helping us a lot. On the ball, for sure. Like tonight, when you face teams going man-to-man, the most important player is the goalkeeper because he is free and the No.9, you can try and contact with him and you can try to attack.

“Also, he already scored goals but I think if he had more chances, he would score more goals. But we are very happy and we are not complaining about his numbers.”

(Via bobbyvincentfl - Football London)

Stamford Bridge is calling! 📞

KO at 13:30 UK

All I need today
- Chelsea win
- Palmer’s return to goal scoring
- JACKson goal
- Cleansheet (unlikely)

Come on you blues!

#CHEAVL #CFC #ChelseaFC

Chelsea's starting XI is in! 📋🔵

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