Kai Havertz was very meh, then very good, to provide the strongest evidence yet that Mikel Arteta is putting a square peg in a round hole. Oh, and Arsenal were brilliant.
, and just in case the less perceptive of the Emirates faithful had failed to notice, Mikel Arteta laboured the point by instructing Gabriel Jesus to pass the ball straight back to the goalkeeper from kick-off. That will probably still be the story, but shouldn’t.It was as if PSV had never seen Arsenal play. In fact it was like Peter Bosz had set his side up in such a way to provide the Gunners with a confidence boost ahead of the north London derby.
Saka opened the scoring before setting up Leandro Trossard, who then turned provider for Gabriel Jesus in a nigh-on perfect first half from Arsenal. The only member of the front six for whom things still didn’t quite click was Kai Havertz, who’s thus farsince his eyebrow-raising summer move from Chelsea. Not for the want of trying – lack of effort is never a criticism that could be aimed his way, even in the darkest of Stamford Bridge days.
The worry for Arsenal fans will be that if he can’t excel in a game like this, when there is so much space for him to operate and next to no pressure on the ball, when will they see the best of him? The last 20 minutes provided a good indication.
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