The 25-year-old produced a smart finish through the legs of Liechtenstein’s goalkeeper in Thursday’s 2-0 World Cup qualifying victory to open the scoring, before Bayern Munich’s Leroy Sane added a second late on to kick-start Hansi Flick’s reign with a victory.

While it was perhaps not the big scoreline some were expecting against the Group J minnows, Werner insisted that a belief-building win was more valuable than worrying about the level of the opposition.

‘As a striker, it’s always important to score because goals give strikers self-confidence,’ he said. ‘That is more important than the opponent.

‘Sometimes you win a game like that 8-0 because the first few chances go in. On other occasions, you only 2-0, but the time will come again where we score two goals from a half-chance.’

Rebuilding confidence is an important part of the job in Flick’s first few games in charge of Die Mannschaft following a disappointing Euro 2020 tournament that ended with defeat to England in the last-16.

The coach’s relationship with Werner is positive, with reports suggesting the former Bayern coach was keen to bring the striker to Bavaria before his switch to Stamford Bridge last summer.

‘I was very happy that he became our new coach because of course it’s an advantage if I know someone comes along who doesn’t think I’m too bad at all,’ stated Werner.

‘I think things can go in a very good direction with him. We didn’t talk about the past but we are happy to be able to work together now. In the first game, I was able to show with my goal that it wasn’t a very bad idea to let me play.’

Germany take on Armenia in Stuttgart this evening looking to overhaul their opponents at the top of the group at the midway stage of qualifying. With only the group winners progressing automatically to the World Cup finals in Qatar next winter, the margin for error is small, particularly after the shock defeat to North Macedonia back in March.

For Werner, a return to Stuttgart brings back fond memories in the city where he made his name in the Bundesliga, joining the academy programme at the age of six before becoming the club’s youngest-ever player and goalscorer.

‘Of course it’s special to sit here in this room now,’ he said at the pre-match press conference in Stuttgart’s stadium. ‘I haven’t been here for a long time.

‘It’s unfortunate that I’m not allowed out due to the coronavirus protocols but our goal from these three games was to get nine points so now we must take the next step against Armenia.’