Mudryk joined Chelsea in January from Shakhtar Donetsk for a fee of around £88.5m.
The Ukraine international has struggled to find his feet in England and is yet to score in 22 outings.
Mudryk’s poor form in front of goal comes at a time when Chelsea are desperate for their forward players to step up.
And now, Pochettino has revealed how he is trying to build Mudryk’s confidence:
“The problem with confidence is we cannot buy it in the supermarket,” he said. “It is about time. You know how the brain works. It is about little by little creating situations that can provide trust and confidence and belief.
“One example: today, with Mudryk, I like to play hitting the crossbar from outside the box. He said to me today: ‘I’m not going to play with you anymore because always you win.’
“Now, you start to believe in yourself, you start to believe in your quality because, if not, it is not a good balance between belief and quality. It is difficult. That is important.”
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