"Unlucky at our club", "Give him more chances" - Chelsea fans astonished with 26-year-old star's performance for his country in the UEFA Nations League

Chelsea fans have been left surprised by Timo Werner's performance for Germany in the side's huge 5-2 victory over Italy in the UEFA Nations League.

Hansi Flick's side completely destroyed Roberto Mancini's Italian side in Monchengladbach, with Werner grabbing an impressive brace.

Bayern Munich midfielder Joshua Kimmich kicked the German side off with a well taken goal after 10 minutes.

Ilkay Gundogan would then add a penalty before Thomas Muller got his name on the scoresheet.

In the 68th minute, Werner struck from close-range after Serge Gnabry's cut-back to the Chelsea star.

The former RB Leipzig striker took just a minute to grab his second, with Germany capitalizing on Gianluigi Donnarumma's wayward pass.

Gnabry was once again the provider for Werner, who slotted home with Italy only able to answer with two consolation efforts from Wilfried Gnoto and Alessandro Bastoni.

It was a night to remember for the German and Blues fans with Werner once again impressing on international duty.

Here were some reactions from fans on Twitter to Werner's astounding display against Italy:

Can Timo Werner play his way back into becoming Chelsea's main striker?

Chelsea signed Timo Werner from RB Leipzig in £47.7 million with Liverpool having previously been linked with the German striker.

When he joined the Blues, Werner was coming off the back of a scintillating stint at Leipzig where he had become one of Europe's most admired centre-forwards.

The 26-year-old had hit a remarkable 93 goals in 158 appearances for the Bundesliga side and was being touted as Stamford Bridge's new hero up-front.

However, Werner has encountered a difficult two years in west London, and has been unable to reach the heights that preceded him in the Bundesliga.

The German has managed just 23 goals in 89 appearances for the Blues thus far and has found it tough to maintain his place in the starting XI.

Thomas Tuchel decided to bring Romelu Lukaku to the side in a club-record £97.5 million move last summer from Inter Milan.

He would quickly become Chelsea's main striker but in the second half of last season, would start causing problems on and off the pitch.

Much like Werner, the Belgian striker has failed to live up to the hype and has disappointed in his first season since returning to Stamford Bridge.

When Lukaku was dropped by Tuchel in February, many had expected Werner to be given the striker's role once more.

But it was his German compatriot Kai Havertz who would be given a false 9 role in Tuchel's attempts to deal with the side's lack of goalscoring potency.

Werner did manage to find form in the latter stages of the season and finished the campaign with a record of 11 goals in 37 appearances.

Perhaps his latest performance for Germany in the thrashing of Italy will open up more opportunity for the pacy striker at Chelsea

About the author

Matthew is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who has been covering news, rumors and match reports for close to 3 years. Learning creative writing from University of Essex, he combined his skills and passion for football take up writing for the sport professionally.

Matthew always strives to go beyond a story and offer unique and lesser-known insights, while maintaining an unbiased tone in his articles. His reporting exploits at the company have helped him gain a humungous readership of 25 million, with one of his articles raking in a whopping 724,000 reads.

A Manchester United fan since childhood, Matthew admired Sir Alex Ferguson for his loyalty and brave coaching style. His favorite footballer is Thierry Henry, believing the Frenchman to be uniquely talented and charismatic. An ardent Three Lions fan, England's penalty shootout win over Colombia in 2018 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment of all time, and he believes that Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe will have a Ballon d’Or duopoly after Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

He also follows his local EFL League Two clubs AFC Wimbledon and Sutton United, and spends his free time watching and writing about professional wrestling. He also likes to work out, watch movies and go for night outs.

Know More