Nicolas Jackson and Cole Palmer have provided updates on their fitness following Chelsea's 1-0 win against Tottenham Hotspur. The duo played a crucial role in the Blues' victory at Stamford Bridge on Thursday night, .
Enzo Fernandez fired Chelsea ahead, shortly after half-time, with a bullet header. While Jackson occupied Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven, and beat a helpless Guglielmo Vicario from close range.
Moises Caicedo doubled the west Londoners' lead later in the tie, but Levi Colwill was adjudged to have been offside in the build-up so the goal was chalked off by the Video Assistant Referee. After the game, on Instagram.
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"Amazing win tonight we keep going team [blue heart emoji]," wrote the Chelsea striker, . Caicedo commented: "El freaky is back [love heart eyes emoji and blue heart emoji]."
Meanwhile, Palmer - whose post eclipsed 400,000 likes by Friday lunchtime - wrote: "We back! [blue heart emoji] @enzojfernandez [letter A emoji and handshake emoji]." Fernandez then replied: "Thank you Cold [cold face emoji, handshake emoji and blue heart emoji]."
Jackson and Palmer announced their returns from injury in spectacular fashion, helping Chelsea climb back into the top four. Speaking to reporters after the game, .
"Yeah, now the target is to try to finish where we have been all season," said the Italian head coach. "Because I think all season, probably the first five, six months, because we were second place, we were there, probably the expectation changed a little bit.
"But I think overall, all season we have been top-four, top-five. We have been there. We're going to try our best to finish there. And then, again, in terms of performance, for me every game is different.
"Tonight's performance, probably for you, is better compared with previous performances. In some performances I was also happy, because I know how difficult it is sometimes to break the low block when they sit back."
On Fernandez, Maresca said: "Yeah, no, I think since we started Enzo is improving a lot. His understanding of the game is completely different now. He knows where he has to stay - and knows where he has to arrive in the box.
"And I think most of the goals he scored this season with us is because he was in the right position, even with the international team. The goal was more or less similar. So we're very happy with the way Enzo is improving."
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