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Werner on learning from tough times and dealing with 'dangerous' Everton

08 Mar 2021


Timo Werner is not one to shy away from self-judgement, and as we head
towards the final quarter of the season the forward believes his form is
improving after a tricky period.


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Goals, assists, penalties won, missed chances, dry spells and a new
manager – Werner's start to life in English football has not been short
of incident.


He is a clearly a player who enjoys analysing the game, and his first move
away from his native Germany has naturally provoked fresh dilemmas and
different challenges. By his own admission a lean run in front of goal
over much of the winter gave him plenty to reflect upon, but it also
proved a time of education and self-improvement, as Werner has explained
ahead of tonight's game against Everton.


'When you don't score as a striker it's very tough, and I never had it in
my career before,' he said.


'It was tough for me because I want to help the team, and I want to score
because that is my nature. After winning games, scoring goals is the most
important thing. In this period, it didn't work, but you have to learn
from these situations.


'You can learn more from bad situations than good situations. I learned a
lot to trust in myself. I learned to not only think about goals but to
give more on the pitch for the team, to fight more for the team
defensively and help my team offensively as much as I can.


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Werner expressing his frustration after missing a penalty against Luton


'Of course it helps you a lot when a lot of good players and big strikers
were also in those situations, but in the end you are in your own head,
you are criticising yourself and thinking why doesn't it work,' he added.


'I scored 28 goals last year, I came here and scored eight goals in my
first 12 or 15 games here, so why did that period not work? I was doing
the same as before, but as a striker you always have to have a little bit
of luck.


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Werner got the better of Alisson but not the video assistant referee


'Last year I had a bit of luck on my side, this year the luck is not on my
side: I hit the bar and the post the most in the Premier League, I was
five times offside with VAR by one centimetre…maybe next year somebody
will put their feet back two centimetres and nobody will say anything!'


Werner could well be referring to an incident that happened as recently as
Thursday night, when he was so cruelly denied the opening goal at Anfield
by the barest of margins.


Despite that disappointment he kept causing the Liverpool backline
problems and more than played his part in a superb away win.


'You have to keep calm and keep on going,' explained Werner, who turned 25
on Saturday.


'A lot of good strikers come to the Premier League and take a year to
settle down and adapt to the league. At the moment, under the new manager,
maybe I don't score so much, only one goal, but a lot of goals I was
involved in with an assist or getting a penalty.


'I think my form is going up, it is getting better and better. I hope this
period is gone and I score a few more goals until the end of the season.'


Werner will be hoping to add to his nine goals for the season when Everton
visit Stamford Bridge later. He recalls only too well how the defeat at
Goodison Park in December initiated a stuttering run of form, but the
recovery since then has pleased him and he hopes we can maintain our
positive recent momentum with another vital victory.


'Everton is a very dangerous team. We saw in the first half of the season
when we played against them it was a very tough game.


'They defend very good, they have very good players in offensive
positions, very good strikers. They are hard to play against because they
play very physically, and they have a good transition game.


'It's very close at the top when we talk about the Champions League
places. They are a direct opponent for us and we have to win this game,
and that's how we will go into this game.'

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Burrell: "If the Gods are fucking you, you find a way to fuck them back.
It's Baltimore, gentlemen. The Gods will not save you."

- The Wire Season 3 Episode 3

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