Chelsea winger Jadon Sancho has admitted that it’s “annoying” he is not doing higher in entrance of purpose after drawing one other clean throughout the weekend win over Leicester Metropolis.
Chelsea won 1-0 to rise into the highest 4 at Manchester Metropolis’s expense, however Sancho endured a sixteenth straight recreation with out managing to attain for the membership.
Sancho’s final purpose got here within the 4-3 win over Tottenham Hotspur on 8 December. Within the intervening interval, the 24-year-old has began recurrently however has additionally registered only a single help – in opposition to Crystal Palace in January – for just one purpose involvement in three months.
Talking to Chelsea’s in-house media, Sancho referred to his progress as “step-by-step”.
He defined: “I do know I can do higher, particularly in entrance of purpose. It is sort of annoying to not rating. However I do know it’ll come, [I] simply must take time and be affected person.”
Total, Sancho has scored twice and assisted six occasions since becoming a member of Chelsea on mortgage from Manchester United final summer season. It’s a higher return than he achieved throughout a damaged 2023/24 marketing campaign, however remains to be two purpose involvements shy of ten from the 2022/23 marketing campaign.
Sunday’s win over Leicester, following on from victory in opposition to Southampton, made it successive Premier League triumphs for Chelsea for the primary time in 2025. With a little bit of momentum over the ultimate ten video games of the season and returning gamers returning to health, the Blues have a powerful likelihood of qualifying for the Champions League for the primary time since 2022.
“It is a fantastic place to be in,” Sancho mentioned of reclaiming a top-four place. “Clearly we need to play Champions League soccer subsequent yr, that is the intention, however it should be very powerful. We have just a few laborious fixtures, dwelling and away, so we simply must preserve at it and provides it 100% on a regular basis.”
