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Timo Werner jumped briefly in the air and then turned towards the gate.

Along with three other Chelsea players, he formed the wall on a free kick from Arsenal's Granit Xhaka.

The German international had to watch the ball hit the 2-0 angle in the last minute of the first half.

It would be Werner's last move in the game that Chelsea eventually lost 3-1.

Frank Lampard replaced the 24-year-old at half-time, earlier than ever in his time in London.

For Chelsea it was the third defeat in the last four games.

The team slipped to seventh place in the table and must be careful not to say goodbye to the championship match after a third of the season.

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“I'm angry because I want to win games.

We were very bad in the first half.

You can't be lacking energy and will in the Premier League, but we did.

No matter how well you prepare, when you perform like this, it's about something else.

That's the head, ”said Lampard.

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The Chelsea crisis is currently also a Werner crisis.

The striker has not scored a goal in ten games.

The counting of the goalless minutes has already begun - it is now 651. Werner's last goal for the Blues was dated November 7th - at that time he won a 4-1 win against Sheffield United.

Chelsea coach Frank Lampard was served after losing to Arsenal

Source: Pool via REUTERS

Werner delivered an extremely unfortunate performance against Arsenal.

The fast striker missed a lot of balls and did not have a dangerous move towards Arsenal's goal.

What particularly bothered Lampard, however, was Werner's lack of running and commitment.

“I could have made more changes.

But today Timo didn't give us enough with and without the ball.

I'll talk to Werner, ”said Lampard.

Werner was always in Chelsea's starting line-up

Werner moved from RB Leipzig to Chelsea in the summer and hit immediately.

In the first ten competitive games he scored eight times.

Including a double in the Champions League against Stade Rennes.

Except for the insignificant group games in the premier class against Sevilla and Krasnodar, the German has always been in Chelsea's starting line-up this season.

Most recently, the striker experienced a similar goal doldrums in 2016 when he also failed to score in ten consecutive competitive games for VfB Stuttgart.

Werner has the next chance to end his crisis on Monday.

The tight schedule of the Premier League makes it possible: Chelsea welcomes Aston Villa two days after losing to Arsenal.

It won't be easy, Villa has the second best defense in the league with only 13 goals conceded in 15 games.