By Daily Sports on September 22, 2018
Alvaro Morata needs goals to boost his fragile confidence, said Chelsea coach Maurizio Sarri after the striker again failed to find the net in the Europa League match against PAOK in Greece.
Morata, 25, scored freely in the first few weeks after joining Chelsea last year but has appeared short of confidence recently. He has scored once this season, in August’s win over Arsenal.
“Alvaro has to gain confidence with one, two, three goals,” Sarri said following the 1-0 win on Thursday, during which the Spain striker and Chelsea missed a number of chances.
“I am not able to give him confidence,” he said in comments carried by the British press on Friday. “In this match he has had three, four opportunities. He was unlucky.
“I hope for him that in the future I can try to help him, but the confidence can become only with goals.
“I have to say also, for maybe the first time in this season Alvaro was ready in the box. He was on the ball and was active.”
Chelsea have won all five of their Premier League games so far under Sarri ahead of Sunday’s trip to West Ham, and Willian’s seventh-minute strike was the difference in Greece in the Europa league.
•Adapted from a Punchng.com report. Photo shows Chelsea striker, Alvaro Morata
Source Daily Sports
Posted September 22, 2018
You may also like...
Ansu Nets In First Barcelona Match in 10...
El-Kanemi continue solid home run, edge Rivers Utd...
Nnadozie Signs Two-year Extension At Paris FC
Lampard Hails Defensive Improvement But Says No Time...
Cardiff: Nantes Have Threatened to Sue over Sala...
Nigeria down Equatorial Guinea to qualify for q/final...
World Cup: Morocco edge Scotland, USA march into last 32, Brazil beat Haiti
AFN shifts Commonwealth Games trials over delayed arrivals
Asaba to host President Federation Cup final
2026 World Cup: Nigerian-American Balogun wins second Man of the Match award
Finalists emerge at 47th CBN Senior Tennis tourney
US waives visa fees for Cape Verde keeper’s mother
World Cup: African teams concede 16 goals, score seven in first round
Eagles must move forward, Osimhen on Mundial miss
Women’s top seed reaches CBN tennis q’finals
Adeshina doubtful for Commonwealth Games
Oshoba, Ibeabuchi, Esepo lead 2026 FGM award nominees
Why I cried after first goal in Argentina’s 3-0 win over Algeria — Messi
Most Read
Rangers International going, going . . . (63,890 views)
Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (55,220 views)
Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (53,147 views)
Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (52,742 views)
Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (52,632 views)
Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (52,512 views)
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (52,386 views)
NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (51,920 views)
Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (51,118 views)
Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (49,595 views)
Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (48,062 views)
John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (47,476 views)