Real Madrid forward, Kylian Mbappe has expressed his disappointment with his form during his early days at the club.
Mbappe, who joined the Spanish champions this season from Paris Saint-Germain, experienced difficulties playing in his new role at the Santiago Bernabeu.
The French star struggled, and at one point, scored just three times in 11 appearances, missing penalties in crucial league and Champions League matches.
Mbappe says he felt at “rock bottom” after those misses but a shift in his mindset has led to four goals in his past three appearances.
“I believe it was a mentality issue and that was a point I realised that I had to work harder,” said Mbappe.
“I was thinking too much about how to do things. Whether to go into space, whether to go to Vini’s [Vinicius Jr’s] area of the pitch, to Rodrygo’s area. When you overthink, you don’t focus on your game.
“I was fine physically and with the group but I knew I had to do more, that was the time to change the situation.
“I couldn’t do any worse, so when you hit rock bottom you can only go up.”
Real, who are 20th in the 36-team Champions League table, take on Red Bull Salzburg at the Bernabeu on Wednesday.