Liam Delap made his Chelsea debut in the club’s opening Club World Cup fixture against Los Angeles FC on Monday.
The Englishman came on as a second-half substitute for Nicolas Jackson on the hour mark and set up Enzo Fernandez for the Blues’ second goal of the night.
While the former Ipswich Town man has come in for a lot of praise for his debut performance, former Premier League striker Gabriel Agbonlahor has criticised one aspect of the forward’s game on his debut.
While Agbonlahor approved of some of the runs that Delap was making, the ex-England international felt that he gave the ball away too often initially.
However, Agbonlahor put that down to nerves and was not too critical of the new Chelsea signing.
Speaking about Delap’s debut on talkSPORT, he said: “When he came on, he kept giving the ball away, seemed like he was a bit nervous when he came on. Great assist, though, for Fernandez.
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“I actually went to bed after that goal because it was giving me pre-season friendly vibes the whole game, but he was making clever runs. Cole Palmer, who he’ll know from Man City, he was finding him in behind for some clever runs, but he needs time.”
On the back of an impressive debut for Chelsea, Delap will be hoping to make his first start for the club when Chelsea take on Flamengo on Friday.
