Noni Madueke has also been ruled out until April. Madueke injured his hamstring in the 3-0 defeat at Brighton last month and will not be back until after the March international break.

Attack! Attack!”. Injuries to Noni Madueke and Jackson have, as Maresca stressed again, made a “huge difference”, but the Italian was not quite telling the whole story when claiming his team ...

Asked about the impact of missing Jackson, Palmer and Madueke, Chelsea head coach Maresca said: “It’s a huge difference if you think of the three players with most goals for us are Cole Palmer ...