Tuchel 'frustrated' over Werner's inability to convert chances

Thomas Tuchel has revealed frustration over Timo Werner’s inability to convert chances of late.

The manager believes the forward should be doing better instead of missing sitters which could have well-defined the position of Chelsea in the Premier League and European competition.

The German scored his first Premier League goal since February against West Ham United on Saturday but did miss a few chances earlier.

He was at it against squandering the Blues chances in the opening 10 minutes before Christian Pulisic took a bold step to round off Courtois in the 14-minute to give Chelsea the lead they deserved.

To the manager, 'it's frustrating' when chances are let go.

"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."

"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."

Werner has scored 11 goals for Chelsea in all competitions since his arrival at the start of the season.