📸 Chelsea striker produces disastrous miss before silencing critics 🤫

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Padraig Whelan·2 March 2024

Nicolas Jackson has not had it all his own way since swapping Spain for Stamford Bridge last summer.

And the Chelsea striker provided a perfect example of his frustrating nature away to Brentford on Saturday afternoon.

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On the half hour mark, he rounded home goalkeeper Mark Flekken and seemed set to score - only to provide his critics with some unwanted ammunition.

Nicolas Jackson. It’s harder to miss this chance.
– Saturday, 2 March 2024

However, it took him just five minutes to silence the naysayers and make amends with an excellent header.

Nicolas Jackson has scored 8 goals in the Premier League. Only Cole Palmer has scored more (10) for Chelsea this season.
– Saturday, 2 March 2024

His finger to the lips celebration said it all.