Chelsea co-owners put on united front as Enzo Maresca hails 'fantastic' Nicolas Jackson

Todd Boehly and Behdad Egbhali were pictured alongside each different astatine the London Stadium and joined Maresca’s players successful the dressing country pursuing the 3-0 win.

There person been increasing reports of tensions betwixt Egbhali’s Clearlake Capital, which is the bulk shareholder, and Boehly, implicit cardinal decisions connected the moving of the club.

“Not lone today, it’s ever bully erstwhile we triumph for them but particularly due to the fact that they were some here,” Maresca said. “We tin springiness them immoderate bully moments. They were successful the changing room, they were some happy.

“They were blessed aft the game. Before the crippled nary [they were not successful the changing room], due to the fact that we were preparing the game.”

A objective show from Jackson saw the Blues cruise to triumph against an abject West Ham, with the striker scoring doubly successful the archetypal 18 minutes earlier mounting up the clincher for Cole Palmer aft half-time.

Jackson’s finishing has travel nether scrutiny successful the aboriginal portion of the play but Maresca kept religion with the 23-year-old up of Christopher Nkunku and was rewarded with his 3rd successive distant win.

“Fantastic,” Maresca said. “In presumption of numbers, goals and assists, since I arrived present he’s doing well. Off the ball, he’s moving hard.

“If a subordinate misses 1 oregon 2 chances it doesn’t mean he’s not playing well. It tin happen. All players miss chances. What’s important is the implicit performance.”