Palmer and Jackson ‘missing easy goals’ – Maresca

Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca has admitted that the form of forwards Cole Palmer and Nicolas Jackson is a major concern.

The Blues, 3-0 up from the first leg went through to the quarter-finals of the Conference League with 4-2 aggregate win over Legia Warsaw, who won the second leg 2-1 at Stamford Bridge.

Palmer and Jackson both started the game and were ineffective before being substituted.

Palmer has now not scored in 15 matches, while Jackson has not scored in 12.

“The ones that we are missing, unfortunately they are very easy goals,” head coach Maresca admitted, as reported by West London Sport.

Cucurella’s equaliser was the left-back’s sixth goal of the season.

“At the moment the one who is scoring more goals is Cucu and that is not a good thing because he is not the one that has to score goals,” Maresca said.

“Hopefully very soon Cole and Nico can start to score goals, because they are very important for us.

“The main target was for them to build physical condition, so we decided to use both of them.

“Then, sure, if they are able to score it could be a good boost.”

Fulham return to domestic action with a derby match against Fulham on Sunday afternoon. A win would be a huge boost to their chances of securing a Champions League spot for next season.