Enzo Maresca hailed the impact of Chelsea attacker Jadon Sancho after he marked his debut with an assist for Christopher Nkunku’s winner at Bournemouth.
Sancho was introduced at half-time for his first Premier League appearance in 12 months after a spat with Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag last season.
While Sancho settled the rift with Ten Hag this summer, he joined the Blues on loan on transfer deadline day and set up the winner with a wonderful threaded pass into Nkunku, who turned inside the area and found the bottom corner in the 86th minute for the only goal on the south coast. “Very happy, very happy for him.
He was very good,” Maresca said of Sancho. “I have a feeling that Jadon is a guy that needs love. This is what I thought when I spoke with him before he joined us. “Also I know he has the desire to show the player he is, but for me, it is just to enjoy football.