DAZN forced to apologise as pundit rips into 'stupid' Chelsea star Nicolas Jackson

Former Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel forced DAZN into an apology after labelling Nicolas Jackson 'stupid' at the Club World Cup.

"Don't get me started. Unbelievable. Stupid, stupid, stupid mistake. I don't know what's going through his head. You come into the game, you're 2-1 down at that point. You come in and the team needs you, you need to get back in the game, and he does that.

"He did that in a league game at Newcastle and again a very important game where we need to win to qualify for the Champions League and he got a red card. Now he's come in again and done this. You can't keep making mistakes like this.

"I don't care what his frustration is. It's a massive football club, Chelsea Football Club. It's about competition. If you're angry, if you're p***ed off that Delap has come into the club and be the competition with you, you have to embrace it.

"If you're a big player, embrace it. The only way we can be successful and win trophies is when we compete against each other and if the competition is there. Then we can become successful together as a team and win trophies."

DAZN presenter Kelly Somers told viewers: "Lots of emotion as you can imagine in the studio right now, particularly from Mikel, so apologies for any language used there."

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