Club Friendlies
Johor Darul Ta’zim 3 – 3 Chelsea FT
Delap joined Chelsea from Ipswich in 2025 for £30m [Getty Images]
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.
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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 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.
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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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