Chelsea not focused on Liverpool & Man City, insists Jackson after Leicester win

Chelsea will not get carried away with talk of a title challenge after their 2-1 win over Leicester City, according to striker Nicolas Jackson.

Jackson scored his seventh Premier League goal of the season and was joined on the scoresheet by Enzo Fernandez on Saturday as Enzo Maresca conceded one against his former club at the King Power Stadium.

The result moved the Blues to 22 points in third place, just one behind champions Manchester City in second place and six points behind leaders Liverpool.

Speaking to TNT Sports after the match, Jackson said: “We know the months of November and December have a lot of matches, so we're just trying to recover for the next one and go again.

“I saw the danger, then the ball came to Enzo, he gave it to me and he was done. I just work every game to try to help the team win.”

Asked whether Chelsea now consider themselves title challengers, he added: “No, we don't look at the teams in front of us, we just try to win every game.”

Five of Jackson's goals this season have come, the most of any player in the Premier League.

Since the beginning of May, only Erling Haaland (18) has surpassed Jackson's 11 goals in the overall competition.

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Leicester were given an injury-time consolation through Jordan Ayew's penalty, although they previously felt aggrieved at not being awarded a penalty when Stephy Mavididi was seemingly felled by Wesley Fofana in the 85th minute.

Boss Steve Cooper regretted that decision, saying: “We were terribly lucky with this referee. That continued today.

“There is also a match to talk about. Difficult first half in terms of Chelsea's territory and dominance on the ball. We gave away a poor goal. It should have been 0-0.”

“Defensively we were generally OK. We have to show courage and belief. If we do that, we can create opportunities and be a threat.”

“The big moment is that the first penalty is not given, it is clear what happened there. The second was offside [before VAR] and you see how onside he was.

“That was the story of the match from the referees. You can talk to them after 30 minutes. I'm not sure if I will or not.”