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Ally McCoist thinks Chelsea have an ‘erratic’ player who is just like Liverpool’s Darwin Nunez
Ally McCoist has now been comparing one Chelsea player to Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez following the weekend’s action.
Despite their best efforts, Mauricio Pochettino’s side ultimately showed their lack of experience, and perhaps cutting edge in the final third against Manchest𒈔er꧟ City.
Unless it’s through Cole Palmer, right now it feels as if Chelsea doesn’t ne꧙🤡cessarily have the edge to win such games.
Pochettino saw his team play well in aspects, but sadly it was t🌜he same old story of 🌌missed opportunities.
Back in the Premier League, Liver🤡pool were able to💮 overcome Chelsea’s west London neighbours Fulham on Sunday.
Jurgen Klopp’s side certainlဣy aren’t in the driving seat when it comes to the title race, but they’re definitely 𝄹not out of the conversation either.
Darwin Nunez was one of a number of high-profile players the Liverp𝔉ool manager left on the bench for the game.
And when speaking on with Jeff Stelling today, Ally McCoist compared the striker’s struggles to that of Nicolas Jackson at Chelsea.
Ally McCoist says Nicolas Jackson is just as erratic as Darwin Nunez at Liverpool
Jeff Stelling initially raised the comparison and begged the question of whether either Nicolas Jackson or Darwin Nune𝓡z could be taught to improve their finishing.
He said: “I think when he [Jackson] first came in, people were saying that he is not really an out-and-out centre-forward, but the person I look at and comp🐷are him with is Darwin Nunez, who causes the opposition all sorts of problems but i🔯s not a natural finisher.
“Can you teach a player to ♚be a natural finisher?”
McCoist then replied: “When you ꦉlook at the two of them and you bring Nunez into the equation, the two of them definitely have something in common, and that is a lack of composure about the finishing.
“Both of them are extremelyꦡ erratic, so you can work on their finishing, of course you can, and they🌺 can work on their finishing, but they have to get into their minds.
“When I look at a♉ striker, and good strikers always know just 𓆏before they finish, they have got a split second to compose themselves, to compose themselves before they finish.
“These two guys, who I have mentioned there, do not have that and they ar🍒e very eღrratic in front of goal.”
Don’t judge this Chelsea team until Christopher Nkunku is back fit
Of course, there is merit to McCoist’s comparison between Jackson and Liverpool’s Nunez.
But when judging Chelsea this season and all of their shortcomings, it really is important to remember the player they’ve been missing, Christopher Nkunku.
The Frenchman was intended to provide the finishing and end product that both Chelsea and Jackson have been lacking.
Cole Palmer has done a brilliant job 🎀and making up for his absence, but it’s impossible to do alone.
And as we’ve seen ♈in brief snippets between his injuries, Nkunku does have the ability to take the pressure off of Jackson in front of 📖goal.
Jackson would have been allowed more chance to settle without such a burden on his goalscoring🍒, a player who is still young at 22-years-old.
That being said, Joe C🐓ole has actually just compared one Chelsea player to Jordan 𒉰Henderson.