Kovacic launches and asks Lampard to teach him to score after 894 scoreless days for Chelsea and Real Madrid – The Sun

MATEO KOVACIC proclaimed himself by asking new boss Frank Lampard to teach him how to score – after 894 scoreless days.

The Croatian midfielder's last strike came on January 29, 2017, in Real Madrid's 3-0 win over Real Sociedad.

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At the same time, every midfielder from Chelsea scored at least once, including the forgotten man Danny Drinkwater.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek led the way with ten goals. No Golo Kante, Ross Barkley, Tiemoue Bakayoko and Jorginho also scored.

Today, in the midst of an exhausting preseason, Kovacic, 25, revealed that he had turned to his new boss for help and to add goals in his game

Kovacic said, "I'm looking forward to working with [Lampard] a lot – he was an amazing player and he showed last season that he was also a good coach.

"I can not wait to learn how to score because of him because he scored a lot and I did not do so much last season.

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"I may not be exactly the same type of midfielder as he was, but he had good abilities, including goals.

"He was a hard worker, so I can not wait to get better in this aspect, to work hard, to fight on the field and to score goals."

Kovacic then revealed that Lampard had the entire Chelsea team working hard during the pre-season to prepare for a big 2019-2020 day.

The Croatian added: "[Last year] It was my first year so it was very difficult but I think I did well.

"It could have been better, but we won a trophy, which is still important, and we finished third.

"It's important to rest well because we had a difficult season with many ups and downs.

"We were physically and mentally tired, but now we are ready and ready for a good season.

"I can not wait to work hard. I like that, but it's already very difficult. I have never had such a difficult start.

"The coach has said how important it will be to work hard and prepare for a long and difficult season."