Timo Werner admits he struggled with the media in his debut season at Chelsea.

The German struggled to find the back of the net in his first campaign in England, netting just six Premier League goals.

Werner was criticised for a number of high-profile misses, and he admits it was tough to take.

"I think the most important thing in football is to keep your mentality up, keep your head clean from outside," Werner told Chelsea's official website.

"The media is getting bigger and bigger nowadays. Of course, when you play good you are the hero everywhere, but when you play badly it is a totally different story.

"You have to step away from that and concentrate on your football. It's not always easy because you have media on your phone, media always around you which can bring something up you can see, but you have to be straight, in your own bubble, to think only about the football.

"It's also important to always have people around you who help you, and give you strength to go on. Also, in the good moments they can bring you down a little bit, so you don't think you are the hero.

"So they stop you in the good moments, and lift you up during the bad ones."