“I think for him” – Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink explains exactly why Liam Delap is struggling to score

However, Delap has really struggled this season, and only has one league goal to his name, and two in 36 appearances in all competitions. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink on lack of goals for Liam Delap Delap hasn’t scored since Chelsea’s 2-1 defeat to Fulham on January 7th, a run stretching over 20 games, and he turned in another poor performance against Brighton on Tuesday. Despite impressing at Ipswich last season with 12 league goals, Delap has really struggled to make the step up to Chelsea.

Jamie Carragher believes the move was to big for Delap, and on the evidence this season it certainly seems that way. Delap has played second fiddle to Joao Pedro for the majority of the campaign, and Hasselbaink believes his lack of goals is down to confidence. “I think for him it’s confidence,” he told talkSPORT.

“When you’re out there and you’re not having any rhythm, you know, then he plays, then he doesn’t, then he gets ten minutes, then he doesn’t. “When you are not scoring and it’s and it’s taking a long time you get to doubt yourself. “I think needs he needs coaching because here and there I think he can be in better positions, but I think majority is it is self-belief, it’s confidence.

“You don’t lose your ability from one day to another you don’t become all of a sudden a bad player from one day to another. So, it’s all in the head. ” If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.