Chelsea’s Mamadou Sarr and Nicolas Jackson were both in action for Senegal against Peru on Saturday.
Sarr and Jackson helped their country to a 2-0 win, bouncing back from disappointing performances at club level just before the international break.
Sarr made a shocking error in Chelsea’s 3-0 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, while Jackson was sent off during Bayern Munich’s 1-1 draw with Bayer Leverkusen earlier this month.
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Mamadou Sarr and Nicolas Jackson shone in Senegal’s 2-0 win against Peru
Things were much better for Sarr and Jackson on Saturday. The latter, in particular, will be really happy with his contribution in Senegal’s victory over Peru.
Jackson opened the scoring for Senegal and had a good game overall. Sofascore gave Jackson a match rating of 7.5, with the Bayern loanee testing Peru’s goalkeeper on more than one occasion.
In total, Jackson took four shots before being substituted just before the 70th minute. Three of those shots were on target, so his shooting was quite accurate, which is not always the case.
As for Sarr, he did not do too much wrong either. His Sofascore rating was 7.3 after making six defensive actions. Only three players managed to register more than the 20-year-old.
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Sarr also made four interceptions, which was the most in the game. Despite Chelsea’s recent struggles and not being a regular starter, Sarr has no regrets about leaving Strasbourg for their sister club.
In the future, perhaps Sarr will win a place in Chelsea’s first XI. Jackson, on the other hand, is unlikely to be named in it ever again.
Jackson remaining at Chelsea is not impossible once his loan at Bayern is finished, but everything is pointing towards the former Villarreal man leaving the club again in the summer.
Next season, Liam Rosenior will have Joao Pedro, Liam Delap and Emanuel Emegha to call upon as things stand, while Chelsea could also go out and buy another centre-forward before then.
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