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Werner’s missed chance against Madrid doesn’t help Chelsea, Tuchel fumes
Chelsea manager, Thomas Tuchel, has revealed that he was left frustrated by Timo Werner’s missed 6-yard sitter against Real Madrid at the Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium on Tuesday night.
The Blues would have taken a 2-1 lead back home but settled for a 1-1 draw as Werner failed to convert one or two clear-cut chances as he did against West Ham in the weekend, despite ending his goal drought of about two months on Saturday.
Speaking after the first leg of their Champions League semi final, Tuchel revealed that the German’s missed chance do not help the team, according to Sky Sports.
“He missed a big one at West Ham and now he’s missed a big one here, that does not help,” he said.
“But it doesn’t help crying about it or regretting it all the time.
“There are millions of people who have harder things to deal with than chances that you miss. So the good thing about sport is that no one cares tomorrow, today we were sad and angry in the moment – this is normal. He is sad, he is angry and disappointed.
“Tomorrow he has a free day and the next day he must put his chin up. He’s a top guy, a professional guy. He works hard. He’s in the positions. He will not stop believing. Everyone accepts the situation like it is. With strikers, if you score the next game, nobody speaks.”
He added: “I don’t feel we are pointing fingers but of course the strikers want to score, to do it for themselves and the team. This is the highest level and when you have a good half an hour like we did with so many chances and half chances, then yes we’d wish for more composure and more precision in the decision making and finishing.
“The challenge was not to worry about that and to not regret too long. We did that in the second half by defending very well.”
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