Lampard is satisfied with Werner
Werner scored his sixth and seventh goals for Chelsea against Rennes in their 3-0 victory.
won another
Champions League
match with their seventh consecutive clean sheet. Things are going well for
Chelsea
so far this season.
Wernerplayed at the left side for
Chelsea
against
Rennesbut he scored twice from the penalty spot.
Tammy Abrahamscored the third goal and finished the game for Chelsea.
Despite not being able to create any chance,
Lampard
is satisfied with Werner's performance. The German striker who joined Chelsea from
RB Leipzigscored 7 goals for Chelsea so far this season. The Chelsea boss says that the fact that the transfer of Werner completed quickly and he was able to participate in training with the Blues early have had an impact on his performance.
"That he could train with us early was a big bonus for us," he told a news conference.
"He's adapting quickly and he's been easy to manage. He works and plays well. I felt he had the endurance to last 90 minutes. I'm very happy with him."
Lampard also confirmed
Werner
– who also scored from the spot against
Krasnodar
last week – is now the club's first-choice penalty taker, replacing Jorginho.
"I spoke with Jorginho first because he has been brilliant," he said. "I felt it was time to have a change. He was fine with that. Timo took them well today.
"Timo is [our penalty taker] as it stands now but he has to keep scoring them."
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