Timo Werner expresses his delight as he scores for the first time in 15 Premier League games in a 2-0 win over Newcastle … while Jamie Carragher keeps his The German HAS won this season and is Chelsea’s main threat
- Timo Werner finally got back on the front page for Chelsea on Monday night
- Much has been made of the £ 53 million man’s form in front of him this season
- Now Werner admits it is a relief to end the 1,000-minute goal thirst
- Jamie Carragher backs Werner to push forward and feels he has won
Timo Werner has revealed his relief after getting on the final scoreboard again for the first time in 15 Premier League games after his strike helped Chelsea get over Newcastle at Stamford Bridge on Monday .
Werner’s first league strike since November 7 left the German without a goal for just 1,000 minutes, and he was heavily criticized for his career in the team – especially when the Blues split with £ 53 million introduced last summer.
Thomas Tuchel had insisted that a goal could only restore Werner’s broken confidence and his strike against the Magpies seems to have done just that, after appearing to he was ‘happy’ to finish the beast in front of the target.
Timo Werner scored his first goal in 15 Premier League games when Chelsea beat Newcastle 2-0
Werner told Sky Sports after the 2-0 victory: ‘I think as a striker, you will always want a score.
‘Last month I wasn’t happy about not scoring, but it’s team sport and when we win, all is well. When I help my team with help, win penalties and now with scoring, I am happy.
‘For a fighter, it’s worse when you don’t get into the situation and you don’t have opportunities. I had a lot of opportunities and I missed them. Today, my team gave me a lot of situations where I could score and that’s the important thing for me. ‘
In what would have been a hard turn of endurance, Werner almost missed his goal after the ball came too close to squeezing Olivier Giroud’s arm before falling. e to the legs of the striker at the back post.
The German expressed his willingness to quench his thirst, which lasted 1,000 minutes
Werner marks his goal as he doubles Chelsea’s lead at Stamford Bridge on Monday
However, after VAR let the goal stand, Werner says he saw the funny side of it.
The German said: ‘Yes, I told the bench, it would be (normal) if it was a handball and the goal didn’t count, it would be right for the story but at the end , I’m glad. ‘
The win at Stamford Bridge now sees Chelsea jump to fourth place and push Liverpool defenders down to sixth, with Werner slamming the team spirit.
‘It’s very important. I think it’s important for us to reach the Champions League at the end, ‘continued Werner.
‘At the start of the season, everyone said we love the title, but in the last two months, it has been shown that we are not. We have a lot of work to do to close the gap to (Manchester) City and other clubs.
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‘Football is not as easy as the games we play, the games we win so it shows that we can and do improve as we have in the last few weeks. gone. We can reach the top four but also look to next year and more. ‘
While Werner has received enough criticism for his unwanted thirst, Jamie Carragher believes the former Leipzig player has made a huge impact on the team since joining into last summer’s transfer window.
Carragher highlighted the work Werner is doing for the team and believes the move will now push forward while still remaining Chelsea’s ‘main threat’ ahead of goal.
‘The big story here is Timo Werner,’ Carragher told Sky Sports after the game. ‘He basically gets free on the back post and gets behind Jamal Lewis. So many targets we see strikers at the back post.
Jamie Carragher says Werner has been a bit unlucky this season and won
The interesting thing is, since he’s played well tonight, we’re talking about him and he’s been interviewed as the man of the match, we can’t dress that up about that season good at it. We expected a little more.
‘But I think it’s been a little unfortunate. He has beaten the woodwork five times – as many as any player in the league this season, and has won four penalties for Chelsea. So he has been involved in more goals for Chelsea.
So when you look at the numbers, how far he has gone without scoring, he has made an impact this season. He may have been a little unlucky with the woodwork but he gets penalties for the team. It has still been a major threat this season, but it has been brought into scoring goals and that needs to improve. ‘