The Nutmeg: Timo Werner goal drought, Tottenham’s Harry Kane reliance and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang struggle

Standard Sport8 February 2021

Welcome to the latest edition of The Nutmeg - Standard Sport's weekly football talk show.

As they do every Monday, our team of football writers - Dan Kilpatrick, James Robson, Simon Collings and Jack Rosser - discuss the busy weekend action and all the latest talking points in London and beyond.

Today's agenda includes Chelsea's three straight wins under Thomas Tuchel that have taken the resurgent Blues up to fifth in the Premier League.

What does the future hold for the German under compatriot Tuchel at Stamford Bridge?

Elsewhere on Sunday, Harry Kane made a key early return to Jose Mourinho's starting XI after injury as Tottenham ended a damaging run of three successive defeats with a badly-needed 2-0 win over struggling West Brom.

But are Spurs too reliant on the England captain?

Arsenal have slipped back into a difficult moment after consecutive losses to Wolves and Aston Villa, with captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang still having scored only five top-flight goals so far this season.

The skipper wasn't really a key part of the post-Christmas revival under Mikel Arteta - should the Gunners persevere with him?

Our reporters also answer readers questions on a range of topics such as Dele Alli, Arsenal's failure to sign a left-back, West Ham's dependence of Michail Antonio and Tuchel's overall impact at Chelsea thus far.

You can watch the episode in full on Standard Sport’s Facebook page, Standard Sport’s Twitter or on the Evening Standard's YouTube channel.

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