Andre Schurrle admits he was relieved to end his goal drought by scoring his first goal for Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga on Saturday . The former Chelsea forward thanked Wolfsburg supporters for their patience and admitted not scoring for the German side was 'eating away ' at him . The 24-year-old scored his first since joining from Chelsea in February as they beat Stuttgart 3-1 . Andre Schurrle admits he was relieved to end his goal drought by scoring his first goal for Wolfsburg . The former Chelsea forward thanked Wolfsburg supporters for their patience as he netted on Saturday . 'It was about time I scored . I 've missed a lot of chances here and I 'm just happy to have hit the target now , ' Schurrle said . ' I have to admit that the fact I had n't scored for such a long time had been eating away at me a bit , so I 'm very happy but the most important thing is that we won three points . ' I 'd like to say a big thank you to all the fans here to receiving me so well and supporting me . I 'm happy to be here and I 'm sure we 'll have a lot more to celebrate in the future . ' Wolfsburg are seven points clear of Borussia Monchengladbach after Saturday 's win , and Schurrle admits it was a difficult game to overcome . The 24-year-old scored his first since joining from Chelsea in February as they beat Stuttgart 3-1 . Former Chelsea forward Schurrle admitted not scoring for the German side was 'eating away ' at him . 'We were expecting a difficult game because Stuttgart have good individual players and they 're a good team , ' he added . 'It 's tough against them because they throw everything at you and they really need the points . We were a bit shaky at the back , especially defending crosses - that 's how we conceded - but then I think our quality shone through in the second half . 'We put them under pressure and created chances , so I think we deserved to win . '
Andre Schurrle scored his first goal for Chelsea on Saturday . The former Chelsea forward claimed it was ' eating away ' at him . he joined German club bury from bury in 2016 .