Chelsea fans think their striker crisis is over as incredible Nicolas Jackson skill goes viral

Chelsea fans think that their striker crisis is over after witnessing an incredible piece of play from new signing Nicolas Jackson.

Jackson moved to Stamford Bridge from Villarreal for a fee of just over £30 million on an eight-year contract. Amid all the focus on Chelsea's outgoings, his signing went slightly under the radar.

The 22-year-old's goalscoring talents almost came out of nowhere last season. Having scored one senior goal prior to the beginning of the campaign, Jackson was then in and out of the team and quadrupled his career tally by mid-October.

An injury then ruled him out of action after the World Cup, and by April he was still on three goals for the season.

But Jackson then exploded into life, firing in nine goals in eight La Liga games to finish the campaign.

That prompted the move to Stamford Bridge, and the Senegal international has already adapted well to life at his new club.

Having scored one and assisted three in his opening two friendlies for Mauricio Pochettino's side, Jackson took his game to a new level against Newcastle on Wednesday night.

Jackson skill goes viral

The striker scored the Blues' only goal in their 1-1 draw against Eddie Howe's side, a superb strike in the 76th minute to level the game.

But the viral moment that many fans were focusing on came in a separate passage of play.

As Newcastle looked to clear a Chelsea opportunity away, the ball fell to Magpies winger Anthony Gordon, who went for the corner before attempting a clearance up field.

But he was harried all the way by a relentless Jackson, who then shoved (fairly) Newcastle's number 10 off the ball before successfully winning it back.

The forward then evaded the tackle of Sven Botman with a sublime touch, before charging towards the penalty area.

That wasn't all, though. Jackson then produced a series of stepovers which almost floored the backpedalling Newcastle midfielder Alex Miley.

His attempted cross to the back post was then blocked by the feet of Nick Pope, with the ball going out for a Chelsea corner. You can see the clip below.

Win the ball ➡️ show off the stepover 😤

Nicolas Jackson was doing it all for @ChelseaFC #PLSummerSeries pic.twitter.com/itAWVxPEXA

— Premier League (@premierleague) July 27, 2023

Taking to Twitter to react to the skill, one Chelsea fan wrote: "Whoever scouted Jackson for us needs to be promoted. He's the striker we've been missing up front."

Another said: "This is all you need to know about our star boy."

A third added: "Nicolas Jackson is our new Drogba."

Meanwhile, another supporter wrote: "This is the player we've been looking for."

And another compared him to a former Chelsea star: "Nicolas Jackson is the closest we have seen to Diego Costa. Unreal striker."