Timo Werner's start to life at Chelsea went from bad to worse against Manchester City after the striker appeared to kick the flag when attempting to take a corner.
£53million striker Werner arrived at Stamford Bridge to much fanfare after shining in the Bundesliga but is now without a goal in 12 games.
His side's struggles also continued in the convincing 3-1 defeat by Manchester City that saw Chelsea suffer a fourth defeat in six matches.
With his barren spell in front of goal continuing, Werner seemed unable to even complete the simplest of tasks, with an instance showing him kicking the flag when trying to take a short corner.
A video from the closing minutes of the game showed the former RB Leipzig man scuff the set-piece take after kicking the flag, and then appearing to injure himself.
Referee Anthony Taylor allowed Chelsea to retake the corner, but Mason Mount replaced Werner for the set-piece.
While he was able to carry on, fans on social media were quick to joke about the amusing incident, which many thought summed up his Chelsea career to date.
'Werner getting tackled by the corner flag sums it all up', said Twitter user @andyha, while @vintage_utd said 'Timo Werner just injured himself by trying to take a corner. He’s terrible.'
Another Twitter user, @PatrickTimmons1, said '‘There’s a problem here for Timo Werner’. Yes. The problem is that he’s not very good at football.'
Sunday's defeat left Chelsea in a desperate position in the Premier League: 8th place and seven points off leaders Liverpool.
Pressure is beginning to grow on Frank Lampard after just one win in their last seven games, but the boss insisted he is not concerned by questions over his future.
rufulobr
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Lampard biggest mistake is not buying too many players at one window but slotting too many new players in the lineup. Their squad last season finished 4th so they should have kept the same 11 and ease the new players in bit by bit from the bench
chelshit☺️
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50 million just to kick corner flag😂😂
Stonkywhyz
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Now let face reality we aren't good enough yet...if we face the average team we gonna win but when it comes to the top teams we will struggle... you know why? for now Chelsea don't have good midfielders... We can't boast of a midfielder that will make 15 assists in the EPL even though they are scoring less.. the last time we won the EPL was mostly because fabregas could pick a player from midfield...all the midfielders we have now all they do is pass to the left and right and hope the wingers do something.. when is there job to create... look at United,Liverpool,City,Tottenham even Leicester all have a better 8 and 10 that can create and score goals... without a better 10 I don't know how we gonna win top teams not to talk of wining the league.. peace
TheGoodManAlive
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Yeah! I will always respect him for that. I have never disrespect Lampard and i never want it to end this way, all I want is for him to gain more experience before Managing Chelsea. He was our greatest player alongside Drogba. And I still think he will coach Chelsea someday but now he has to go there is no shame he has really tried if not for anything but for the players he brought to Chelsea last summer. He should go and manage a team and gain more experience elsewhere just like Gerard is doing presently with Rangers. Ones again I thank and appreciate him and I pray someday he will come back and continue what he started. I'm not just Lampard out. Chelsea forever💙💙💙✌🏾