Mykhailo Mudryk’s emotions are clear to see as he finally opens his Chelsea account against Fulham… still a waste of money?

• Mudryk took his goal well and showed huge relief as he scored in his 24th game
• He covered his face with his hands and looked to the sky during the celebrations
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As the Chelsea goal celebrations began to die down, Mykhailo Mudryk’s emotions remained clear to see.

His face was briefly covered by his hands as he began his walk back to the halfway line.

And once he lowered them he looked towards the sky with an expression that was full of relief.

At the 24th attempt he had finally opened his account for Chelsea. A huge weight lifted off his shoulders.

Before he struck to open the scoring against Fulham most of his involvements were followed by a familiar song.

Mykhailo Mudryk (right) finally scored his first goal for Chelsea at the 24th time of asking

He covered his face and looked to the skies after giving his side the lead against Fulham

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A taunting ‘what a waste of money’ from opposing fans towards the £88.5m man.

They came after Mudryk had cut inside and blazed well over Fulham’s goal and also run the ball straight out of play. It was looking like the start of yet another one of those nights.

But then he took Levi Colwill’s inch-perfect pass down on his chest and drilled the ball past Bernd Leno to put Chelsea ahead.

The composure was out of keeping with what you might expect from a player who has had a difficult time making an attacking impression since joining Chelsea for a huge sum in January.

He is a confidence player and his lack of it has been evident at times during his Chelsea career. So this goal could give his Chelsea career lift off.

It looked early on as if it would be the same old story for the winger as he was dealt with chants of ‘what a waste of money’

Mudryk is a confidence player and manager Mauricio Pochettino will be hoping he can build on his first goal

It must have been a satisfying moment for Mauricio Pochettino too.

With his reputation for developing talent and as a master man manager Mudryk is one of his latest projects and he has taken time to try and work out the methods required to coax the Ukranian winger’s talents out of him.

There was surely an element of pride then in Pochettino’s half-time hug for Mudryk as the team’s departed at the break.

Mudryk did not return for the second half but the first was enough for him to silence the taunts and make his mark.

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