Lampard defends Timo Werner's form, cites Liverpool example

After a decent start to his Chelsea career, Werner has struggled for form.

The German ended a 2-month goal drought when he scored a tap-in against Morecambe last weekend - hopefully a confidence booster for Werner.

"With Timo, through the middle is clearly a position he likes to start from," Frank Lampard told reporters.

"With Leipzig and Germany, he played centrally, from the left, as a lone striker, and as one of two strikers. So there is definitely room for manoeuvre in how you use Timo.

"We are, and I pride myself on this as a manager, a good hard-working team off the ball which means a lot of high pressure.

"I think his performances have been pretty good. I think it’s going slightly unspoken that a lot of players unless they are at a club like Chelsea, are given time to come into the team, come out of the team, feel their way in.

"Players who have come into the Liverpool team in recent years have been given time to feel their way into how the team players. With Timo, we didn’t have that opportunity because of certain injuries and because we bought him to make an impact in our first team straight away.

"Everyone has to be patient, though. We will maximize Timo’s talents in this team. And that’s a two way street of his work and our work. It will take time."