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Timo Werner goes off the mark for Chelsea in Brighton; also wins for Tottenham, Newcastle, West Ham and Crystal Palace
Last Updated: 08/29/20 8:23 pm
Timo Werner scored for Chelsea in a 1-1 draw against Brighton
Timo Werner scored his first goal for Chelsea within four minutes of his debut for the club when they drew 1-1 in a preseason friendly against Brighton on Saturday.
The German international was making his first appearance after his summer signing from RB Leipzig and was quick to show the kind of form that allowed him to score 28 Bundesliga goals last season.
In front of a crowd of 2,500 at Amex Stadium, where a small number of home fans were able to attend in accordance with social distancing guidelines, Werner hid the opening goal after holding on to a misdirected header from Callum Hudson-Odoi.
Werner is congratulated by his Chelsea teammates after his early goal
Despite the presence of another summer signing in Hakim Ziyech, Frank Lampard’s team failed to make their strong start, and Pascal Gross converted a late penalty to secure a draw for Brighton.
But this was still a promising first appearance for Werner.
“Good start, the first hopefully many goals,” said the message on his Twitter account.
Wins for Tottenham, Newcastle and West Ham
Elsewhere, Tottenham I left it late against a tenacious Birmingham side with substitute Steven Bergwijn winning the game 1-0 in the 89th minute with a fine shot from the edge of the box.
crystal Palacevictory over Charlton he felt a lot more comfortable as they ran out 3-0 winners at Selhurst Park. Jordan Ayew scored twice before Wilfried Zhaha finished it at the end.
0:44 New signing Eberechi Eze made his Crystal Palace debut by beating Charlton 3-0 at home
Newcastle hit Barnsley 2-1 with Andy Carroll between the Magpies goals. Marcel Ritzmaier tied for the Championship team early in the second half, but Jacob Murphy’s penalty secured victory for Steve Bruce’s team.
West Ham they were also 2-1 winners against Championship opponents when they defeated Brentford. Andriy Yarmolenko and Tomas Soucek scored on either side of Marcus Forss’s tie for the Bees.
However, not all Premier League teams did things their own way. Leicester played a goalless draw with Sheffield Wednesdaywhile newly promoted West Bromwich Albion succumbed to a 1-0 loss to Nottingham Forest thanks to a goal from new signing Lyle Taylor.
Results
Brighton 1-1 Chelsea
Crystal Palace 3-0 Charlton Athletic
Newcastle United 2-1 Barnsley
Nottingham Forest 1-0 West Brom
Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Leicester City
Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Birmingham City
West Ham United 2-1 Brentford
Chelsea ‘revitalized’ with new signings?
Chelsea’s spending spree represents a marked shift in approach, according to Sky Sports News reporter Dharmesh Sheth.
“Chelsea are going for it, absolutely amazing,” Sheth said at the Transfer Talk podcast. “Forget consolidating a place in the top four, to me it looks like they are going for the title next season with what they are doing. Two no-transfer windows and they are certainly making up for lost time.
“What Abramovich has done, people have called a ‘revitalization’ of their spending and their love affair with Chelsea was rekindled. They couldn’t sign anyone last summer anyway and I saw what they did in January like a Calculated risk, I’m likely to finish in the top four, but they didn’t sign anyone and that was a risk for me, but it was worth it and they almost made it into the top four.
“Lampard has had his free kick. He got the Champions League spot that Abramovich would have wanted at the very least, so it’s done. But with these signings, now it’s a different scenario in Chelsea and make no mistake: Abramovich will want to see results. and trophies “.
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