Liam Delap scores first goals since January in Chelsea draw

Liam Delap scored his first Chelsea goals since January as Xabi Alonso's side drew with Johor Darul Ta'zim in the final match of their pre-season tour.

With two games in successive days, Alonso named an entirely different XI to the one that beat AC Milan 3-0 in Jakarta on Saturday.

Delap, who arrived at Stamford Bridge from Ipswich in 2025, scored just two goals in 41 appearances across all competitions last season.

The 23-year-old matched that tally against a Malaysian side, with both goals coming from the penalty spot.

The spot-kicks put Chelsea in front after Arif Aiman's early opener for the hosts. But the lead lasted just three minutes when Robert Sanchez was beaten by Oscar Arribas' deflected 65th-minute free-kick.

The Malaysian champions thought they had won it when Bergson found the bottom corner four minutes from time, only for the Blues to find an 89th-minute leveller through Antonio Glauder's own goal when he headed in a Mikhailo Mudryk cross.

The match was expected to be settled by a penalty shootout, but players never re-emerged at Stadium Sultan Ibrahim Larkin.

Chelsea will return to London before playing Real Sociedad at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, 15 August in their final pre-season match.

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