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After having a 16th goal ruled out by VAR, Timo Werner finally ended his six-month Premier League goal drought... his performance showed exactly why Chelsea paid £47m for him

He was buried among his team-mates, but you would not have blamed Timo Werner for sneaking a peak at the movements of referee Martin Atkinson.

In the 84th minute, he had just ended a six-month Premier League goal drought, won this match for Chelsea and ensured the club put to bed a bad week with a vital three points to go top.

But the German knows better than to go too overboard on the celebrations.

In the first half, Werner had seen a goal ruled out for the 16th time while playing for Chelsea - which he has only been doing for little more than a year.