Chelsea manager, Frank Lampard, has slammed Timo Werner for not offering the team enough with or without the ball, during their 3-1 defeat against Arsenal on Saturday.
Werner has now gone 10 games without a goal in all competitions for the Blues.
The German striker was replaced at half-time by Callum Hudson-Odoi with Lampard’s side trailing 2-0.
However, it was the Gunners who scored next through Bukayo Saka, before Tammy Abraham netted a consolation goal late on.
Currently experiencing his longest goal drought at club level since 2016, Werner is struggling after a bright start to life at Stamford Bridge.
“Certainly the goals not going in is always something an attacking player will get judged on,” Lampard said when asked about Werner in his post-match press conference.
“The subs, I could have made more. But I felt I had to make the subs in those two areas to inject energy.
“For today, TImo wasn’t giving us enough with or without the ball. Some of it we have to give him time. I keep saying the same thing because it’s a different league but we also have to get there quickly.
“We’ll see about the tiredness – I’ll have a conversation with him. But I felt I had to make changes to change the course of the match.”
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