CHELSEA fans want Timo Werner to become their new penalty taker after Jorginho missed another spot-kick on Wednesday.
The Blues squandered a great chance to take the lead just 15 minutes into their Champions League group stage clash in Russia at FC Krasnodar.
Jorginho missed another penalty for Chelsea Credit: AFP
The star’s penalty came back off the post during the first halfCredit: BT Sport
Summer signing Timo Werner was tripped by defender Kaio Fernando da Silva Pantaleao inside the box leaving the ref no option but to blow.
Italian midfielder Jorginho placed down the ball and proceeded with his trademark run and hop technique – only to see his effort cannon back off the post despite sending the goalkeeper the wrong way.
Late on in the game the Premier League side were awarded another penalty – and this time Werner showed his subbed off team-mate exactly how to do it as he powered to fire his team into a 2-0 lead.
Jorginho has now missed two of his last four – and Chelsea supporters watching the action have taken to Twitter to declare they want Werner to take over spot-kick duties.
The ex-Napoli man, who scored two against Crystal Palace recently despite Tammy Abraham trying to take the second one off him, had one saved by Liverpool stopper Alisson back in September.
Callum Hudson-Odoi did manage to spare some of the midfielder’s blushes as he put the Blues ahead just before the break, with Hakim Ziyech and Christian Pulisic also scoring in a 4-0 win.
BT Sport pundits Jermaine Jenas and Joe Cole still believe Jorginho is the man for duty when they were asked about his penalty capabilities at half time.
Jenas: “I still think he’s the man.
“Yes, he’s missed a couple this season but I think when you take an unorthodox type penalty it makes people more likely to call for a change but the reality is he’s still a very good penalty taker.”
Cole added: “It amazes me every time I see it, I don’t know how he sends the goalkeeper the wrong way.
“He’s seen the keeper go and he’s just scuffed it. It’s unusual for him.”
However, Chelsea fans had a somewhat different view judging by their Twitter comments, and some got their wish towards full-time when Werner converted from 12 yards without any problems.
Here’s what they had to say:
Lampard defended Jorginho afterwards, but admitted he would talk to his players to see if they wanted to deitch responsibility.
He said: “Jorginho has an incredibly successful rate of scoring penalties in his career, particularly at Chelsea.
“I feel that when you take many penalties as he does there can be periods where you miss one, sometimes miss one or two.
“I experienced that as a player. But I have no problem at all; with his style, because of the success he has had.
“Werner I know is very capable in taking penalties as we saw. We have other players that can.
“So, I will talk to the players afterwards to see how we move forward. But we have good takers at the club.”
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
