Tuchel: ‘it’s important to rebuild Werner’s trust in himself’

Frank Lampard

was dismissed this week as

fell from first to 10th place and were defeated five times in eight league games.

Chelsea's poor run has seen goals dry up for their forwards, particularly

Timo Werner

, who has not been able to score in the

in the last 11 games.

However, the new manager

Thomas Tuchel

believes he could fix the problem and help Werner, who was an unused substitute in their match against Wolves, to bounce back.

"Why I did not use him on Wednesday, I see his face is a bit closed and the weight is on his shoulders," Tuchel said about his team selection in their game against Wolves on Wednesday.

"He cares a lot and that shows he has a fantastic character. Sometimes as a striker, it does not help if you care a lot. Sometimes as a striker, it’s better to not care at all. But he’s not that guy. He cares and he’s not happy with himself and with the way things went lately.

"Right now it’s important to rebuild his trust in himself and to find a smile on his face and stop doubting too much. It’s my job to do this, to help him with this, and then to find also a position where we can use his strengths."

Although Chelsea were able to beat many of Europe’s top clubs to bring Werner in, Bayern Munich stated that they did not want him as he needs space to operate and it is opposed to Bayern’s system.

Tuchel is aware of the criticism about Werner and believes he could help him to bounce back.

"There will be games [for him] – on Wednesday we had 80 percent ball possession and it felt like we played 90% of the match in the last 30 meters – but there are movements to create with him that he can help us, I am sure.

"From his profile, as a given, I would say he prefers to have space. That’s clear because he’s super fast and he likes to play in the last line, very very very high up, but a little bit more to the left, half open to the goal and to receive the balls into the open space. This is a given.

"Can we develop movements, patterns, behavior to use his quality in narrow spaces? That’s my job and I’m absolutely convinced [we can] because the guy is open, the guy is friendly and the guy is eager to learn."

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