'Alvaro Morata will score lots of goals for Chelsea...' Keeper Thibaut Courtois backing £70m striker after debut

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Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has no doubt that Alvaro Morata will prove to be a successful addition to the team after he made his first appearance for the club.

The striker, who arrived last week in a club-record £70million deal from Real Madrid, came on as a second-half substitute to make his debut in the 3-2 International Champions Cup defeat by Bayern Munich on Tuesday.

Despite the pre-season loss, Courtois has been impressed by what he has seen from the Spaniard, who only linked up with his new team-mates in training on Sunday.

Alvaro Morata came off the bench to make his Chelsea debut in his new side's 3-2 defeat

Morata runs with the ball during his first appearance for the club following his £70m move

Speaking to Goal, he said: 'I think he (Morata) just spent a few days with the team. 

'He has to learn our way of playing but I think he came in very well. He was dangerous. We saw some of his ability.

'So he is a very good striker and he will score a lot of goals for us.'

The Premier League champions looked like they were going to be on the end of an embarrassing defeat by Bayern Munich on Tuesday after Rafinha's opener and a double by Thomas Muller gave the Germans a three-goal lead in the first half.

Thibaut Courtois (pictured saving from Bayern's James Rodriguez) has no doubt that Morata will prove to be a successful addition to the Premier League champions

Marcos Alonso and Michy Batshuayi, who was set up by Morata, pulled goals back for the Blues — but Courtois believes they were let down by their first-half performance 

He added: 'We didn't start as well in the first half. I think the three goals were a bit too easy. But after that in the second half we got a bit better.

'We scored two goals so we came back better but the first half was not good enough.'