Jackson told by Maresca to take lesson after petulant red card that saw Chelsea reduced to 10 men against Newcastle.
Jackson told to learn from the red card by manager Enzo Maresca.
Additionally, he disclosed that he will not talk with Nicolas Jackson until Monday, after the striker’s dismissal at St. James’ Park on Sunday put Chelsea’s chances of qualifying for the Champions League in jeopardy.
When Jackson elbowed Sven Botman in the head, Maresca’s team was behind 1-0 following Newcastle’s early goal from Sandro Tonali. Following a VAR review, the initial yellow card was changed to a red one.
“No doubt, 100%, Nico has to learn,” said Chelsea’s manager, who saw Eddie Howe’s team reinforce their own hopes of a top-five finish. “He will be suspended for the rest of the season now and he has to learn for the future.
“It’s not the moment for me to speak to Nico. In the next day we’ll speak to him. This season is finished for him and he’s our No 9, our striker. We will need to find a different solution for the last two games. We have to avoid these kind of things because we need all our squad available.”
Marseca was left rueing Jackson’s loss of control.
“For sure the red card affected the game,” he said. “Against this team, in this stadium it’s already complicated and if you give them one extra player it’s difficult but overall I think, especially in the second half, we created big chances even with 10 players when it’s not easy. If the referee decides a red card it’s a red card but in some different decisions in this stadium sometimes it’s the noise decides if it’s a foul or not.”
Newcastle will visit Arsenal next Sunday and host Everton on the last day of the season, while Chelsea will now play Manchester United at home before a potentially exciting season finale at Nottingham Forest.