That decision looked justified for much of the season as Sanchez continued to perform well under Maresca. Although he has not yet adopted such an extreme approach at Chelsea, Rosenior has encouraged shorter passing from the back in certain matches - something that suits Jorgensen more than Sanchez. So far in their Chelsea careers, Jorgensen has a pass accuracy of 85.3%, compared with Sanchez's 70.6% across all competitions. Yet Sanchez is superior at shot-stopping, having prevented 7.5 expected goals compared with Jorgensen's slightly negative balance of -0.4. Having used Maresca's tactics in his first month, Rosenior used the two free midweeks in early February to push his own ideas on the group after gaining more consecutive training sessions.

Source: BBC March 20, 2026 14:52 UTC