Hakim Ziyech admits first six months at Chelsea have been ‘a little bit difficult’ off the pitch

Hakim Ziyech has admitted he has struggled at times since joining Chelsea but remains confident he will soon find his best form.

The Moroccan was announced as a Chelsea player a year ago but did not join up with his new club until last summer, ahead of the new season.

Since then he has been thwarted by injuries and has failed to cement his place in the side, starting just eight Premier League matches.

Hakim Ziyech has been thwarted by injuries and has started just eight Premier League games

However, Ziyech has revealed things are becoming more comfortable for him both on and off the pitch after a difficult start away from his family.

‘At the beginning everything is new and it is nice but I really also love to be around my family and my mother and my brothers and friends, but at this time it is not possible,’ he told Chelsea’s official website.

‘So after a while it was a little bit difficult but you start to get used to it. I am now six or seven months here and I have started to adapt to things more and more. 

But the winger told Chelsea’s official website that he is becoming more comfortable at the club

‘Of course, the last six months did not go exactly how I wanted to think it would but it is what it is and you still need to keep improving.

‘I had that bad luck with my injury when I came in but still there is time.’

Ziyech started Thomas Tuchel’s first match in charge against Wolves, playing in his favoured position on the right as an inside forward.

The 27-year-old is confident he can hurt teams from that position, and soon return to the kind of form that earned him the move to Chelsea.

The Moroccan started Thomas Tuchel’s first game in charge, a 0-0 draw against Wolves

He said: ‘It is a position where I love to play, without the ball having your responsibility but with the ball being free and trying to find space and trying to play football. 

‘That is what I like the most. Get between the lines, find space, between the lines with the one or two touches. You have a lot of options.

‘Football is about details and there is just one moment you need to win the game, even when you have tried it six or seven times and it didn’t work. 

‘It may be the eighth time it works and you can win the game. I am always thinking that if you don’t try, you don’t have possibilities. You always have to try to create options. 

‘I know for sure I believe in myself that I can do it and I can reach the same level as I used to have at Ajax here at Chelsea.’

Ziyech is hopeful that the form he showed at Ajax will soon be on show at Stamford Bridge