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‘That sums it up’: fans mock Timo Werner for injuring himself at the corner flag as distressed Chelsea striker appears to mistakenly kick him during Manchester City defeat
- Timo Werner’s start at Chelsea seemed to be summed up in one unfortunate clip
- Sterile spell extended to 12 games during Chelsea’s loss to Manchester City
- The German forward appeared to accidentally kick the corner flag in defeat.
- Fans scoffed after the forward struggled to take a simple short corner
The start of Timo Werner’s life at Chelsea went from bad to worse against Manchester City after the striker appeared to kick the flag while trying to take a corner.
The 53 million pound forward Werner came to Stamford Bridge with much fanfare after shining in the Bundesliga, but is now goalless in 12 games.
His team’s struggles also continued in the resounding 3-1 loss to Manchester City that saw Chelsea suffer a fourth defeat in six games.
Timo Werner’s time at Chelsea went from bad to worse in their 3-1 loss to Manchester City
With his sterile spell in front of goal continuing, Werner seemed incapable of completing the simplest tasks, with one instance showing him kicking the flag when attempting to take a short corner.
Video from the final minutes of the game showed the former RB Leipzig player scraping the set piece after kicking the flag, then appeared to injure himself.
Referee Anthony Taylor allowed Chelsea back into the corner, but Mason Mount replaced Werner for the set piece.
The German went to take a quick corner in the final minutes with Chelsea 3-0 down
Werner tried to find a partner at Chelsea but scraped the ball when he kicked the corner flag
The ball rolled slowly, while the forward seemed to hurt himself after the error.
While he was able to continue, fans on social media were quick to joke about the hilarious incident, which many thought summed up his Chelsea career to date.
‘Werner was tackled by the corner flag sums it up,’ Twitter user @andyha said, while @vintage_utd said ‘Timo Werner just injured himself trying to take a corner. It’s awful ‘.
Another Twitter user @ PatrickTimmons1 said “Here’s a problem for Timo Werner.” Yes. The problem is that he is not very good at football ”.
Sunday’s defeat left Chelsea in a desperate position in the Premier League: eighth place and seven points from leaders Liverpool.
The pressure is starting to mount on Frank Lampard after just one win in his last seven games, but the boss insisted he is unconcerned by questions about his future.
