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When Timo Werner surrounded Brighton goalkeeper Mathew Ryan in the 21st minute of the game on Sunday night, the hearts of many Chelsea fans probably leapt. One thing was clear by then at the latest: The Blues finally have a modern forward.
Ryan blocked Werner’s chance to score his debut goal with a foul, but the ensuing penalty led to a 1-0 lead in Chelsea’s 3-1 win over Brighton & Hove. The German national team player was able to excel with quick action and turbulent dribbling for the rest of the game. No wonder his coach was happy after his debut.
“I am very satisfied with Timo Werner, he was very good. Timo has played some games and is very fit, you can see. I know the qualities he can bring to the club,” Frank Lampard said at the game press conference: “Lo we saw in his quick action when he took the penalty. He has speed and quality. He will be dangerous because he is a very mobile forward who can do a lot for us. “
Werner himself caused a smile after the successful start to the season. “I’ve never played defenders like that, they were so big and gigantic,” the 24-year-old said after the final whistle. Heaven amazing. “I really enjoy the game because I had a lot of room to do my runs.”
The Werner guy was missing Chelsea
In recent years, these defensive giants, whom Werner will come across more often in England, have faced big and mostly beefy forwards from Chelsea’s side, some of whom were quite calm. That era began 16 years ago when Didier Drogba came to Stamford Bridge and guaranteed goals for eight years.
When Drogba left Chelsea in 2012, Fernando Torres, Diego Costa, Loic Rémy, Álvaro Morata and Olivier Giroud followed, all without success. The latter is still in the Blues squad, as the last remnant of a striker era, so to speak, that could now be a thing of the past at Chelsea.
The future should belong to the young and savage Lampard relied on in the days of the transfer ban, now including Werner and Kai Havertz. Werner brings with him everything that the modern game, which Lampard lets play, requires: talent, speed and a lot of hunger. Everything that Chelsea has often missed in recent years, but is more important in modern football than perhaps anything else.
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Therefore, Werner is already known as a “game changer”Daily mail) seen by Chelsea and Lampard. “Werner gives Chelsea a new dimension,” wrote sportswriter Nick Wright of Sky sports.
Anyone who watches Werner play knows how Lampard wants to play: young, modern, fast and refreshing.
Is Klopp mad at Lampard for Werner?
Before Werner signed with Chelsea, Liverpool FC had also shown interest in the German. However, Reds coach Jürgen Klopp came out empty-handed.
the Daily mail He now speculates that the ongoing disputes between Lampard and Klopp could also have developed because of Werner, as Klopp was angry at his fellow coach. A theory whose veracity is difficult to evaluate.
“I don’t think Werner plays in Liverpool’s forward series,” said Jamie Carragher, a veteran Liverpool pro, on the idea. Sky sports. For Werner, it would not have been easy to beat Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mané or Roberto Firmino on short notice.
Therefore, the move to Stamford Bridge was probably Werner’s correct decision. There you can help shape a new era. A Chelsea era, which should be like Werner.
