In a replay match in the 29th round of the Premier League, Arsenal and Chelsea staged a London derby, but the result was unexpected by many, the Gunners were on fire at home, scoring a total of five goals in the first and second half, and Kai Havertz, a veteran of the Blues, also scored a brace, although he did not win the MVP of the game, but it is not an exaggeration to say that he played a tragic game together.
Bayer Leverkusen have burst onto the Bundesliga this season, winning the Bundesliga title five rounds ahead of schedule to end Bayern's winning streak, and Wirtz, who is the core of the team, has also played a good record of results, and the last time Leverkusen emerged a talented star was Kai Havertz. In the summer of 2020, a passionate Chelsea spent €80 million to bring him to Stamford Bridge, scoring just nine goals in his first season, but winning the Champions League final gave the Blues their second Champions League title in their history. However, Havertz's performance was not good enough after that, and with the turmoil of the Blues, Havertz was also sold to Arsenal last summer.
Havertz's 12 goals and five assists were not too good since he arrived at the stadium, and he also experienced a period of slump at the start of the season, but Arteta has great faith in him, and with Martinelli's form declining and Gabriel Jesus injured, Havertz was also pushed to the centre-forward position, which also allowed Havertz to find a sense of goal. In this game, Havertz gave his old club a taste of his power again from the start of the second half, when the first half was relatively quiet.
In the 57th minute, Gabriel made a steal at the back, Odegaard immediately launched a counterattack and sent a long ball over the top, Havertz knew that he would cut forward against offside and resist the close defense of his former teammate Cucurella before volleying into the net. After the game, Kai Havertz also posted a photo of his kneeling celebration on his personal social media, only to be angrily denounced as a clown by some Chelsea fans, who apparently disagreed with Havertz's celebration.
In the 65th minute, Bukayo Saka set up an attack on the right and sent a cross, Badiashile directly let Havertz go away, and the latter did not waste the opportunity, leading the ball and turning and volleying without any delay, scoring a brace in eight minutes, winning four duels and delivering two dangerous balls, and scored 8.6 points after the game, behind Odegaard and Ben White, and Arteta then replaced Havertz to enjoy the cheers of the home fans throughout the game.
Although Kai Havertz's two goals were not so crucial, his form has improved visibly since arriving at Arsenal and he is expected to compete with Phil Krueger for a place in the main team at this summer's European Championships. Kai Havertz also gave his former club two humiliating records, the first being 5-0 for the first time in 38 years, the most of Chelsea's losses in a London civil campaign, and the second for the first time in 20 years that the Blues suffered back-to-back defeats at Gunners' home ground.