New Delhi: Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari has revealed he feels his side are lacking confidence, particularly in front of goal, but has denied he needs to buy a striker.
For the second week in succession, the Blues conceded a last minute equaliser against Southend United in the FA Cup on Saturday, and the Stamford Bridge side have now drawn four of their last five games.
Saturday"s draw was particularly galling, coming as it did against League One opposition, and Scolari confessed that confidence was a problem.
"We need to follow the same ideas - train, train, train," Scolari said to Setanta.com. "I don"t need another striker. I have a good squad, good players.
"Maybe it is confidence when they arrive in front of goal, maybe pressure. They need to score more goals and get more confidence. Only this."
Chelsea missed several chances in the game with Didier Drogba in particular guilty of failing to add to the lead handed to them by Saloman Kalou.
The Brazilian bemoaned side’s missed chances and insisted his side should have won the game comfortably.
"If they are not together, they would not create 15 chances. We played very well and created 15 chances but only one goal," he said.
"Carlo Cudicini didn"t make one save. Not scoring is our mistake. All the players feel the same as me."
Chelsea must now travel to Southend to replay the game and whilst this is another fixture Scolari could undoubtedly do without, he admitted he was relieved to still be in the Cup.
He explained, "We are still in the cup. Other teams that lost today are out, we are not out. We were better than Southend but didn"t score a second goal."
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