Chelsea’s Timo Werner has opened up on the strategic move played by Thomas Tuchel to adjust his position up front. He gave the post-match interview after his fantastic display in the 2-1 win against Sheffield United in Premier League.
There has been an improvement in the games Werner has played and it shows totally. Werner was involved in both the goal of Chelsea. He was fundamental in creating the ball to Mason mount’s goal while the second goal came when he earned a penalty for his team.
Tuchel has deployed Mason Mount to dictate the midfield while has asked Werner to occasionally change positions and drop deep. This gameplan has totally reaped fruit as he seemed a very serious threat to the Sheffield defense. His movements off the ball and on the ball have been lethal and he is gradually shining.
This tactical tweak has helped him to find the space between and exploit them as well as helped him to make runs behind the defenders.
‘Every manager is different in how he wants us to play,’ said Werner as per Official Chelsea Website. ‘He gives us a lot of ideas. Now I play as a left number 10, not a left-winger, so I have more space for my runs in the middle and can play behind a striker, or with a number 10 behind me as a second striker. So it’s very good for me and I think there were also good moves from the manager in the last two wins.’
‘Overall I think it’s a good win for us. It was very difficult, the whole game, against a very good high-defending Sheffield United and we, are very proud that we win, continuing on from our last wins. For myself, again no goal, but it’s good to see that I can help the team with other things at the moment and I’ll keep going.
‘I’m happy when we win and when I can make two assists like today that is also good, but as a striker, you want to score. It’s a long time now for me, I haven’t had so long a period without a goal in my career before, but you can’t do anything against this. You have to keep going and try to do your best on the field and the goals will come.’
Timo was although disappointed that he has been going on a goal drought for a long time and he knows what it likes to be a striker who hasn’t scored. He even says that this has been the first time in his life where he has gone so many matches with no goal. Werner even said how surprised he was when the referee took long to make the penalty decision in the Sheffield game when he was clipped down by an opponent defender.
‘I was a little bit shocked because for me it was a clear penalty. I put the ball away from the goalkeeper and he hits me clearly, but for that, I think VAR is good.
‘I got a dead leg – that’s what you call it in England I think – it was at the penalty. The 10 or 15 minutes after were hard, so I told the manager he should take me off because it was a tight game and in the end, it’s better to have 11 fit players on the pitch than 10-and-a-half.’
