Kai Havertz (29)

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Was just thinking that before, donā€™t think anyone else in our front 5 players scores that.

Overall, so stoked for him, hopefully he pushes on from here.

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2589

he gives us another dimension.

it is difficult to see that when our front three and Ode are really sub par so far this season.

2590

The joy knowing that, because it was Kai, his goal also pissed of a lot of rival fans - especially chavs.

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2591

True.

The crossing position, the back post run and even the angle of the finish bares some similarities to Trossardā€™s late equaliser against Chelsea

2:29

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2592

Kai speaks really well. Comes across very well. Hopefully the structure of the club, the support from Arteta and the players will help restore this guy to the player he was before he joined Chelsea.

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2593

Heā€™s been shit, he got criticized and rightly so. He scored a great goal today and I hope it does good things for his confidence because the only thing that matters is the team banking the points.

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I knew youā€™d be crying about it :joy:

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I mean if crying means calling you out for somehow turning a last minute goal into a chance to talk shit about other Arsenal supporters, then yeah.

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2596

Let him enjoy the moment, he hasnā€™t had many of them with Havertz tbf lol

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I mean if @Leper wants to make it all about himself and what an amazing supporter he is, then go right ahead. Maybe I just come from a different sporting culture. Itā€™s pretty normal in North America to talk shit about your players online but support them in the stadium. Hell, some fanbases donā€™t even support their teams in the stadium.

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Iā€™ve enjoyed Havertz so far, I think heā€™s done well and today was a nice bonus :blush:

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2599

But enough about the New York Jets.

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2600

Good analysis from Statman Dave on Kaiā€¦natural finisher from the left side of the box like his goal today. Hopefully this is the start of something special.

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2601

I was thinking more about Philly fans!

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2602

Easy to say after the goal, but from the moment Kai came on we suddenly started finding space in attack, I was already thinking his cameo had been his best performance in an Arsenal shirt, taking on players and generally causing Brentford new problems. Absolutely chuffed that he won the points at the end.

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Yeah agreed - even without the goal he changed the complexion of our attacking play. Some nice touches, movement and directness.

Really big moment from him. Hope heā€™s able to utilise this to kick on.

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yeah. might be worth remembering this game next time we struggle to break down low sitting teams and heā€™s on the pitch seemily contributing sparsely, we looked out of ideas this entire game without him and with ƖdegĆ„rd + Saka + Jesus + Trossard + Martinelli on there, decidedly our best attacking players in isolation.

I think weā€™re just in a collective slump, and it is so good to get 3pts from games like these.

I like his current trend, slooowly getting better for us. Some ways to go still, but a goal from open play can only help.

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Before the match I figured Arteta would start Havertz because heā€™s so tall and we could use him in both boxes.

We really struggled to break down their block yesterday and I would have expected Havertz to come on sooner than he did and definitely before Eddie (who I donā€™t think ever looks good as a sub and was particularly shit yesterday).

But we got the same performance from Havertz I think we saw in his cameo against City. It was what I thought weā€™d be seeing a lot of this season, him crashing the box as an extra attacker. It was a really good header too, went five-hole on the keeper.

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2606

yeah a glimpse of the good stuff. hope thereā€™s more to come.

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