‘You feel them’ – Timo Werner sends a message to Spurs fans about atmosphere
Timo Werner has said that it is a pleasure to play in front of the raucous home fans at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and admitted that he was relieved to score his first goal for the club against Crystal Palace on Saturday.
One could hear the frustrations of the Spurs faithful when Werner failed to convert a big chance in the first half after being played through on goal by Son Heung-min.
The German did all the hard work, almost completely rounding Sam Johnstone but still allowed the Palace goalkeeper to make a save.
Werner did eventually get his goal in the 77th minute, turning the ball home after some great work by Brennan Johnson on the right and the forward admitted that he was delighted to get off the mark.
When asked about his equaliser, he told the club’s official website: “I’m very happy, especially after the first half when I missed a big chance. A lot of ballast was falling down on my shoulders, as we would say in Germany! But, I enjoyed the moment to score my first goal here in this stadium.
“I wanted to celebrate but when I realised no-one was coming over, I knew it was only 1-1 and we had work to do! So, I went straight back to the middle.”
Werner pointed out that Tottenham have made it a bit of a habit to concede first since he arrived at the club but insisted that coming from behind makes wins even sweeter.
He continued: “You have to say that their free-kick… the 1-0 was not deserved at that time for Palace. They were not once in front of our goal in the second half and we did well after half-time.
“We were closer to scoring the first goal, but like it’s been over the last few weeks, since I’ve been here, we’ve always been 1-0 down and had to come back, but we did it again and it’s an even better feeling at the end of the game.”
Tottenham fans make a great atmosphere, says Werner
The atmosphere in the latter stages of the game was quite electric on Saturday, with Postecoglou’s men scoring three quickfire goals to turn the result around and Werner remarked that the supporters were of great help in pushing the players on.
The 27-year-old added: “With everyone with us, the noise… when you have 60,000 fans behind you, you hear them, you feel them, especially after we made it 1-1.
“They also saw we were clearly the better team in this game, so they helped us a lot. You could see at 3-1 how everyone was happy and pleased to win this game.”
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While it might have been a simple finish, Werner desperately needed that goal as his confidence would have taken a huge hit had he failed to score in that game, having missed a couple of big chances beforehand.
This will allow the German to express himself a bit more and Postecoglou will be hoping that the flood gates now open for the on-loan RB Leipzig man.
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