'Scoring goals is the best medicine to have total confidence in yourself': Koeman on Griezmann

The Frenchman scored his last league goal for the Catalans in late November nevertheless Koeman is happy with the 29-year-old's overall contribution.

Still, Griezmann needs to score more to regain his confidence, says the Dutchman.

"Any player needs confidence in himself, his team-mates and the place where he plays. This starts with the player," Ronald Koeman told the pre-Granada presser of Antoine Griezmann, as quoted by AS.

"As a coach, I can communicate with [Griezmann], show him things and footage of potential things to improve, but at the end, it's the player who has to show his quality and give effectivity to the team.

"It's not the case that Antoine doesn't work, he works a lot in any position. The other day he recovered a lot of balls, he gave an assist to Leo.

"But it's time that he scores because scoring goals is the best medicine to have total confidence in yourself."

The France international is yet to show his best at Barcelona despite seemingly improving his form of late.