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Liam Delap is struggling to score goals because of a lack of confidence according to former Chelsea striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.<\/p>\n

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The Blues signed Delap for \u00a330m from Ipswich last summer, and fought off interest from a number of Premier League clubs.<\/p>\n

However, Delap has really struggled this season, and only has one league goal to his name, and two in 36 appearances in all competitions.<\/p>\n

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink on lack of goals for Liam Delap<\/h2>\n

Delap hasn\u2019t scored since Chelsea\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

Despite impressing at Ipswich last season with 12 league goals, Delap has really struggled to make the step up to Chelsea.<\/p>\n

Jamie Carragher believes the move was to big for Delap, and on the evidence this season it certainly seems that way.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think for him it\u2019s confidence,\u201d he told talkSPORT.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re out there and you\u2019re not having any rhythm, you know, then he plays, then he doesn\u2019t, then he gets ten minutes, then he doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you are not scoring and it\u2019s and it\u2019s taking a long time you get to doubt yourself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI 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\u2019s confidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t lose your ability from one day to another you don\u2019t become all of a sudden a bad player from one day to another. So, it\u2019s all in the head.\u201d<\/p>\n

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