NICOLAS Jackson said it was “only the beginning” as he scored in Enzo Maresca’s triumphant return to Leicester City.
Maresca left the Foxes in the summer after guiding them to the Championship title and he has Chelsea in third place in the league after twelve games.
Jackson scored his seventh league goal of the season fifteen minutes in before from Enzo Fernandez’s flick to him. Fernandez doubled the lead with a header after goalkeeper Mads Hermansen had saved Jackson’t attempt in the 75th minute.
Jordan Ayew’s penalty in the 95th minute was only a consolation as Maresca’s successor, Steve Cooper, was sacked after the game.
“It’s just the beginning, the season has only just started,” Jackson said. “The target is to win every game, try to fight for the team, score and get three points in every game.
‘For my goal, I saw the defender had anticipated my move so I needed to be quick and I know the goalkeeper is good so that’s why I tried to finish as soon as possible.
“I’m happy here, I’m happy with my friends and my team-mates. I’m trying to help the team each game.”
Jackson also had praise for Maresca.
Jackson added: “We listened to what the coach said, followed the instructions and we won the game. He helps us to be in the game as always.
“We know that they know we have a lot of quality at the back and front, so normally we expect this. It was good and the most important thing is that we won the game and we focus on the next one.”
As well as Maresca, Wesley Fofana was returning to his former club. Fofana left the King Power Stadium for Stamford Bridge in a £70million deal in the summer of 2022.
There was only one negative for Fofana, who played right-back.
“It was a good return for me, for sure,” Fofana said. “I had many good years here with Leicester so to come back here and get the win with Chelsea, it means a lot.
“It’s a very good feeling to get the win and head back to London with the three points because we knew this would be a difficult game.
“Playing after the international break is always difficult, especially as the early game, because we have a lot of players away with their nations.
“So this was an important win for us. I thought we played very well, it’s a good three points and for sure this is the most important thing.
“The one little negative was conceding at the end, we wanted the clean sheet, but the job was done, and we got the three points to take back to London. That’s the main thing.
“It keeps us in a good place in the Premier League standings going into a busy period of fixtures and now we just need to keep pushing forward.”
Chelsea host Aston Villa this Sunday at 1.30pm.
