![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/mudryk-confidence-so-low-as-ace-refuses-to-face-pochettino-in-crossbar-challenge/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/mykhailo-mudryk-chelsea-training-session-847983889-1.jpg&description=MYK'S EMOTIONS Published : 22:30, 26 Sep 2023 MYKHAILO MUDRYK felt so low he wanted to bottle out of a crossbar challenge with Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino — because he always LOSES. The Blues splashed out £88million to sign the Ukrainian winger from Shakhtar Donetsk in January — part of US owner Todd Boehly 's whopping £1BILLION transfer splurge since taking charge at Stamford Bridge. 3 Mykhailo Mudryk's overhead fail might symbolise his dodgy self-belief Credit: Getty 3 Mauricio Pochettino has been trying to boost Mudryk's confidence Credit: Getty But struggling Mudryk , 22, is without a goal in his 22 appearances and has been subbed off nine times in ten starts. Pochettino even told him he 'needs to understand the game better' after Chelsea's goalless draw at Bournemouth ten days ago. And Mudryk has also been unable to beat his 51-year-old manager in trying to chip the ball on to the crossbar as part of an attempted confidence-building training-ground challenge. It has further dented Mudryk's fragile belief in himself. Poch revealed: 'You know how it works in the brain. It is about, little by little, creating situations that can provide trust, confidence and belief. "One example... today, with Mudryk, I like to play hitting the crossbar from outside the box. 'But he said to me, 'No, I'm not going to play anymore with you because always you win'. 'I said, 'Yes, because I have the belief. The balance in between belief and quality I know very well because I am 51 and you are still young. You need to still know yourself'.' FREE BETS - BEST BETTING OFFERS AND BONUSES NEW CUSTOMERS But he persuaded Mudryk to take him on again yesterday and this time managed to earn a tie. Poch added: 'Today was the first time we drew in the challenge. 'Now, you start to believe in yourself, you start to believe in your quality because, if not, it is not a good balance between belief and quality. 'It is difficult. That is important. It is one aspect of how you work on the psychology){kind=link}
MYKHAILO MUDRYK felt so low he wanted to bottle out of a crossbar challenge with Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino – because he always LOSES.
The Blues splashed out £88million to sign the Ukrainian winger from Shakhtar Donetsk in January – part of US owner Todd Boehly’s whopping £1BILLION transfer splurge since taking charge at Stamford Bridge.
But struggling Mudryk, 22, is without a goal in his 22 appearances and has been subbed off nine times in ten starts.
Pochettino even told him he “needs to understand the game better” after Chelsea’s goalless draw at Bournemouth ten days ago.
And Mudryk has also been unable to beat his 51-year-old manager in trying to chip the ball on to the crossbar as part of an attempted confidence-building training-ground challenge.