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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2020/12/19/
werner-on-performing-under-pressure

Werner on performing under pressure

19 Dec 2020


Timo Werner explains how he is dealing with the pressure of life as a
big-name new signing at a top Premier League club.


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With the global appeal of the Premier League and the huge audiences our
matches attract, new arrivals to these shores must adapt to a new country,
style of play and team with the knowledge that every touch will be
scrutinised under the microscope of worldwide media attention.


For a high-profile new striker like Werner, the spotlight can be
especially intense, with many people focusing solely on his price tag and
expecting instant results. However, the German insists it is something he
has become used to and he is more concerned about performing well for his
manager and team-mates at Chelsea.


'It does matter how much you cost,' he said. 'It's always a bit of
pressure when you come to a new club and you want to score by your own but
now you also want to score for your new team-mates, for your club.


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'You have to score and the pressure you have in every new club, but I
think I can handle it very well because I got the same pressure at my old
club and everybody wanted me to score. It's not something new to me but
now it's a new ground from where I've been so its new people and new
players around me.


'So the pressure is a little bit higher than the last years but I think
good footballers are the best under pressure and that's my plan, I can do
very well under pressure.'


However, as much as our number 11 embraces the weight of expectation on
him as a new striker at a big club like Chelsea, he admits he is still
settling in England and getting used to the physical and fast-paced nature
of the Premier League after arriving from the Bundesliga.


'The Premier League is a little bit different to my old league that I used
to play in. I have to say it's tougher than I thought. The contact here is
harder than in Germany, it's what I expected but not like this.


'I think it's also hard when you play every three days and the Champions
League and internationals and you have to play on Saturday against teams
that can rest the whole week and think only about the game against you. It
makes it not easy to be the best in every game but the Premier League is
very fun to play in.


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Werner celebrates a goal in training


'The beginning was very good, now a little bit after a lot of games I
don't know if its normal but I'm struggling a little bit. There are lot of
games at the moment and I think there's some chances that I've missed two
or three weeks ago that were not the best thing, but I think when you are
new to a country and league it's always a little bit hard to adapt and it
should be no excuse. I should try to do my best to be the best footballer
that I can be in this league and I think I'll adapt well.'


Of course, one thing he can count on as he continues to adapt to life in
the Premier League is the support of his team-mates. Fellow German
international Toni Rudiger has been a particularly big help to Werner so
far, not just in football but off the pitch too.


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Rudiger has helped Werner settle in England


'I think it's always very important when you come into a new country and
you have someone in your club who can speak your language. It makes it
much easier to have a guy who can speak German in the club who can help
you, not just in the club but also when you have to pay bills or for the
gas or electrics or something like that. He helped me a lot in these
things and for me it was perfect that he was here.'


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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2020/12/21/
werner-assesses-recent-ups-and-downs--pinpoints-areas-to-improve

Werner assesses recent ups and downs, pinpoints areas to improve and
previews a 'hard game' against West Ham

21 Dec 2020


Timo Werner believes Chelsea must find the solutions to bounce back from
consecutive Premier League defeats and feels that could lie in managing
games better during difficult moments.


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No side goes through a campaign without experiencing various ups and
downs, with the current season proving more tumultuous and unpredictable
than usual due to a variety of factors, including the shorter pre-season
period and more congested calendar.


At times, it feels like 2020/21 is being played at fast-forward speed,
with snapshot assessments quickly proving out-of-date. Had Chelsea beaten
Everton at Goodison Park earlier in the month, we would have gone top of
the league; two losses later and the Blues could arrive at Stamford Bridge
later this evening in ninth.


For Werner, that just encapsulates the rollercoaster first three months of
this term, though our performances in those recent games have indicated to
the German where the team must get better.


'Every team has ups and downs,' he said in the build-up to tonight's
London derby. 'We are struggling a little but in the last two games we
were not so bad to win the games.


'We didn't do well in some situations. Against Everton, of course a
mistake can happen but after the penalty, we had no control over the game
and no chances. When we led 1-0 against Wolves, in the past this was
always a strength for us to get the second goal and the third goal with
counter-attacks or corners but there we conceded over sloppy defending.


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It was a frustrating night for Werner and the Blues in midweek


'We wanted to win the game but we forgot that Wolves have a very good
transition in counter-attacks. That's not the style of how we want to win
games or play games and it was a little bit naive to lose the game at the
end.


'We have to learn from these things and do better in these games to get a
draw, like Liverpool did against Fulham recently. It's more in your favour
than losing two points and that's the style of how you become champions.'


Werner, who has been accustomed to a winter break during his time playing
in Germany, will soon get his first experience of the frantic festive
schedule in England. His manager, Frank Lampard, conceded tiredness may
have been a factor in our recent defeats and that admission led to the
boss giving the players two days off in the aftermath of the late loss at
Molineux. West Ham, like Wolves, have been without the burden of European
football during the past few months and have played five less games than
the Blues to date this season.


'We've played a lot of games every three days and when you're playing
against teams who are not in Europe, they are not playing so much and have
one-week breaks,' Werner continued.


'It's always hard because they are fit now in the moment and maybe that's
why we've been struggling because we are a little bit tired. We have a few
injuries as well and we are playing with the same starting 11 in the last
few games but we cannot have excuses.'


The Hammers beat us home and away last season so will not be
underestimated as they make the trip across the capital with six wins from
their opening 13 matches. Werner is aware of their threats but insists the
hosts will be up for the challenge under the lights at the Bridge.


'They're a good team and they play very good football,' he added. 'They
are fast to the strikers and the strikers are very good, very fast and
make lots of problems for defenders. It's going to be a hard game but
we're playing at home and we want to win. It's a London derby, which is
always something special, but we want to win not because it's a derby but
so we keep the distance to first place.


'We can be confident when we play like we have in the whole season so far.
We've played good football and scored a lot of goals. In the beginning, we
struggled a bit to defend our own goal but now I think we have defended
very well.'

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