Premier League icon compares Timo Werner’s positioning to that of Arsenal legend

Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has nothing but words of praise for Timo Werner on Monday night as he compares his position to that of Thierry Henry.

Timo Werner has failed to score in his last 14 Premier League game but put in an impressive performance to end the goal drought on Monday night.

The German man of the match performance ensured that Chelsea move to fourth on the table as he has ensured that Thomas Tuchel trust in him is not in vain.

Speaking on Sky Sports after the game, Carragher stated that Werner moves the key man as he wants to look at his touch map because when he came into England, people were asking what sort of position he was and what position does he play in a formation.

Carragher noted that Lampard used Werner on the wide left and through the middle and it was really interesting how he was used tonight, it was almost a mixture of both.

He added that when you see Werner’s touch map and you think of Werner from Leipzig, he was almost in that Thierry Henry role.

However, Carragher noted that he’s not linking him to Henry in terms of ability just yet but that position just on the inside left, he wants to make runs there, he wants to get the ba