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It was a case of “work done” for Chelsea when they visited France to face Rennes in the Champions League on Tuesday night.
Frank Lampard’s side triumphed 2-1 thanks to Olivier Giroud’s goal in the last minute. The victory, together with Sevilla’s victory over Krasnodar by the same score, meant that Frank Lampard’s team has now advanced to the round of 16 of the competition.
Callum Hudson-Odoi had given the Blues a lead in the first half, ending with a brilliant pass from Mason Mount.
Rennes thought they had earned a point with five minutes to go only for Giroud to win all three points for the visiting team.
After the match, Lampard was happy to have qualified with two matches to spare.
“I am very happy to qualify with two games to spare,” Lampard said later.
“We want to try to lead the group, but it was a really tough match for us. Rennes is an underrated team. We played well during big runs and it was a tough and close victory for us.”
“We played very well in the first half hour. The attitude of the players in difficult times, a lot of defense against a big and physical team, and then the reaction after their goal. Our desire to try to score a goal, when we knew that a draw It was not the worst result, we are very happy. It shows the strength of the group. It has to continue.
“The players who came and made an impact and helped us win the game. That also strengthens the group as a whole.”
While Lampard will be pleased with the result, he may not be overly impressed with the performance of one of his summer signings – Timo Werner.
Werner missed an absolute babysitter early on with the scoring level at 0-0. The German somehow passed miles over the bar from six yards past the Hudson-Odoi low center.
Then, at the last minute, he missed a one-on-one, but was saved by Giroud’s fantastic header.
But it wasn’t just those two flaws. Werner’s overall performance was actually pretty terrible and a hilarious video on social media sums it up.
Sarcastically titled: ‘Timo Werner vs Rennes (A) – Chelsea’s own modern Gerd Müller?’ the two-minute videos show Werner’s kind of disaster from start to finish.
Have a look:
And see the best reaction on social media:
Werner is off to an impressive start to his Chelsea career, scoring eight goals in 13 appearances across all competitions.
However, judging by his performances against Rennes, he is still not the finished article …
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