{"id":1619,"date":"2019-02-28T10:09:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T10:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.incirliseviye.com\/2019\/02\/28\/morata-billed-as-20-goal-striker-after-ending-barren-chelsea-run-against-nottingham-forest\/"},"modified":"2019-02-28T10:09:32","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T10:09:32","slug":"morata-billed-as-20-goal-striker-after-ending-barren-chelsea-run-against-nottingham-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=1619","title":{"rendered":"Morata billed as 20-goal striker after ending barren Chelsea run against Nottingham Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div> Carlo Cudicini hopes renewed confidence will help the Spaniard, who is being linked with a move elsewhere, to rediscover his spark for the Blues <\/div>\n<div>   <\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Alvaro Morata has been billed as a 20-goal striker by Chelsea coach Carlo Cudicini after ending his latest barren run in an FA Cup win over Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard has endured a testing spell at Stamford Bridge following a big-money move from Real Madrid in the summer of 2017.<\/p>\n<p>He was charged with the task of filling Diego Costa\u2019s boots and has struggled in that role for the most part.<\/p>\n<div>  <span>Article continues below<\/span> <\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Editors&#039; Picks<\/h3>\n<p>    Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea &amp; Pedro impress in Spurs win    Magnificent Mane takes centre stage as league leaders Liverpool put on a five-star show    Lukaku sends reminder that his Man Utd career is far from over    Man City monitoring Barcelona &amp; Chelsea target Jovic    <\/p><\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div>   <\/div>\n<p>The 26-year-old was, however, back on target in his latest outing, with a match-winning brace recorded against Forest.<\/p>\n<p>They were his first efforts in six appearances and have taken him to nine for the season.<\/p>\n<p>Cudicini told reporters of a man who has admitted to being short on confidence during his time in west London: \u201cI\u00a0think he played an important part of the performance. He worked hard for the team, offensively and defensively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was very important for him to score two goals. We were pleased with his performance, but even when he didn\u2019t score. Hopefully he will be more free in his mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Gianfranco [Zola] mentioned before the match that it is difficult when you don\u2019t score goals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is working hard in training and we knew that he could turn a corner and score goals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has the possibility to score 20 goals, he is a great striker and I am sure he can do that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes everyone is different. Players can be more affected by the critics they can have.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is important he is training hard, the performance on top of the goals was important.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Highly-rated teenager Callum Hudson-Odoi provided the assists for both of Morata\u2019s goals against Forest.<\/p>\n<p>He is currently the subject of interest from German giants Bayern Munich, with Goal having revealed that a \u00a330 million ($38m) bid is on the table.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea are eager to keep him from the clutches of a European rival, with Cudicini conceding that the 18-year-old impressed again during a deserved start for Maurizio Sarri\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian said of Hudson-Odoi: \u201cHe did very well, a 360 performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe worked very hard, he was running for two, his commitment was great.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want him to have performances like that to put doubts in Maurizio\u2019s mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carlo Cudicini hopes renewed confidence will help the Spaniard, who is being linked with a move elsewhere, to rediscover his spark for the Blues Alvaro Morata has been billed as a 20-goal striker by Chelsea coach Carlo Cudicini after ending his latest barren run in an FA Cup win over Nottingham Forest. 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