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Three lessons learnt as Chelsea beats Newcastle 2-0

By Hridyam Arora

Chelsea's German head coach Thomas Tuchel celebrates at the final whistle during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, on February 4, 2021. (Photo by Clive Rose / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by CLIVE ROSE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Chelsea's German head coach Thomas Tuchel celebrates at the final whistle during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, on February 4, 2021. (Photo by Clive Rose / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. / (Photo by CLIVE ROSE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) /
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LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 15: Timo Werner of Chelsea in action during the Premier League match between Chelsea and Newcastle United at Stamford Bridge on February 15, 2021 in London, England. Sporting stadiums around the UK remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Adrian Dennis – Pool/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND – FEBRUARY 15: Timo Werner of Chelsea in action during the Premier League match between Chelsea and Newcastle United at Stamford Bridge on February 15, 2021 in London, England. Sporting stadiums around the UK remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Adrian Dennis – Pool/Getty Images) /

2. Timo Werner’s probable return to form

This is the best I’ve seen Werner perform in a 100 days, and not only because he scored a goal to end his Premier League drought. Even if he didn’t score the goal, this point would’ve still made it into the piece. It was a really good and promising performance from the German striker. He made excellent runs into the penalty area and made use of the space left for him to exploit by the Newcastle defenders. Sometimes, his touches were a little off, but that doesn’t matter that much, you know? It was a good performance from him and it was very relieving to see that happen. The first goal happened because of his excellent cross into the box that somehow made its way to Olivier Giroud’s feet. That was excellent from him, as he took his time on the ball and executed the whole sequence as well as he could. He made space for himself and crossed the ball at the perfect time with his weaker foot.

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As for the goal that he scored, well, it wasn’t the best, it wasn’t the prettiest, but who cares? He scored for the first time in 100 days. The ball was in a trajectory opposite to his, and he had to reach for the ball and he did it. It went in, and at that point, he was the happiest man alive. You could just see it from the way he smiled once the VAR check was over and the goal was given. We could see the joy, relief and his love for the game in that one smile. It was very wholesome!

Hopefully, the man starts scoring on a regular basis, because he really is a talented footballer. He missed a few shots that he would’ve scored if he was in his usual goal-scoring form, but that’s fine. He showed that he wanted to improve, and he did it.

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