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Chelsea striker Timo Werner has admitted that Real Madrid's two goals on the night were "very good" as the £50million man singled out Luka Modric for special praise after his brilliant pass in the build-up to Rodrygo's goal.

Werner was given the vote of confidence from manager Thomas Tuchel who rewarded the former Bundesliga man with a surprise start against Los Blancos after his masterclass worthy performance against Southampton in the Premier League. And that decision massively paid off with Chelsea's No.11 scoring what looked to be the winning goal at the time after some great footwork from the German under pressure eventually resulted in his strike deflecting in off Thibaut Courtois.

It was a performance that wasn't asked directly in Tuchel's post-match press conference but that didn't stop punditry duo Rio Ferdinand and Joe Cole from lavishing praise on a player that was labelled as "unlucky" by Ian Wright at the weekend. "We talked up Timo Werner following the weekend, and he hit the woodwork about three times that day, so he has