Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino has defended his centre forward today.

The Argentine head coach came to the defense of attacker Nicolas Jackson, who is under pressure.

Jackson put in a sub par display against Nottingham Forest in a Blues defeat, but Pochettino believes his ace forward can come good.

He told reporters: "For me, the performance was good, only he did not score. And you can assess the player but a striker does need to score; I agree with you.

“The striker needs to score or assist but we need to think that Jackson came from Spain, he's young, he needs to build his confidence and trust, he needs to adapt to the Premier League. It's only a matter of time.

"But he is doing a fantastic job for the team. Only he needs to be a little bit more clinical in front of goal but to be more clinical in front of the goal, he needs trust for the space to be able to play. I think that is going to happen. I have no doubt that he is a fantastic player."