“I’m putting this loss purely on him” “He Let EVERY Chelsea fan in the world down” – Rio Ferdinand slams Chelsea man after letting Chelsea down in UCL race in Newcastle defeat
Rio Ferdinand and Chelsea fans have blasted Nicolas Jackson after he received a direct red card for violent conduct during their 2-0 loss against Newcastle United. The two sides locked horns in the Premier League at St. James’ Park on Sunday, May 11.
The Magpies got off to the perfect start, breaking the deadlock in the second minute via Sandro Tonali’s clinical finish. Chelsea’s situation worsened in the 33rd minute when Jackson appeared to intentionally challenge Sven Botman in the air, elbowing him in the face. The Senegal international was then sent off two minutes later for serious foul play after the referee consulted the VAR monitor.
Despite being down to 10 men, the Blues fought back in the second half, with Reece James and Marc Cucurella going close to leveling the scores. However, Bruno Guimaraes doubled Newcastle’s advantage in the 90th minute to seal a 2-0 win for the hosts.
Rio Ferdinand said: “Don’t blame Maresca. Don’t blame the rest of the team. Blame this useless sack of s**t for this stupid decision. Not only did Jackson let the team down, he let EVERY Chelsea fan in the world down. I’m putting this loss purely on him”
“Nicolas Jackson went on an 8 game goal drought, then got injured, and now has cost us UCL Football by getting a red card in a must not lose game”. Rio Ferdinand added
Chelsea fans now rants on X as they wants Jackson out of the club.
“Thank you Paul, Thank you Laurence and Thank you Clearlake for not giving us a world class striker or even getting a short term box striker in January.”
Other fans reacted below:
“Just for that red card Jackson doesn’t even deserve to play a single second in the Conference League final. Absolutely let us down for the rest of the league campaign. I swear this club need to invest in two strikers in the summer. It’s time to get rid of this guy,” one fan commented
“Sell jackson in the summer. i’m out,” another added
“How does Jackson look his teammates in the eye after that? Probably single-handedly lumped them all in the Europa League and denied them all a 20% pay rise 😭😭 they won’t talk to him for a week,” one fan questioned
“Jackson will be solely to blame if we don’t qualify for the UCL,” another chimed in