It is no news that Arsenal have made it through to the UEFA Champions League quarter-final stage after they defeated Porto at Emirates Stadium on Tuesday, March 12 via a penalty shootout.
It has been a long hard road back to the latter stages of Europe’s elite competition for the Gunners, and it’s a journey that their supporters don’t want to end any time soon.
The current English Premier League leaders have managed to score a legally shocking 34 goals in 10 matches.
However, Arsenal fans are convinced that Kai Havertz is going to win them the 2023-2024 UEFA Champions League this season based on permutations.
Kai Havertz looked destined to flop at Arsenal. The German international was struggling for goals and assists and was trying to do anything positive to help his team while playing in midfield earlier in the season. Now being used as a false nine, the former Bayer Leverkusen looks back to his best.
Havertz’s run of five-goal contributions in his last five games has given Gunners’ fans hope that he can lead the line and contribute in high-leverage Champions League games for the English club.
Considering he scored the winning goal in the 2020-2021 Champions League final for Chelsea, that hope is pretty justifiable.
After taking a closer look at the statistics, supporters guess Havertz is going to lead the club to Champions League glory. That is because Chelsea had a similar path to lifting the European most prestigious trophy in 2021 when Havertz scored the winning goal against Manchester City.
Indeed, the Blues beat Porto 2-1 on aggregate in the quarter-finals that year, with Arsenal fans digging up further similarities between their run this season and Chelsea’s UEFA Champions League winning run.
Here is why Havertz could be the key to the Gunners’ success in the 2023-2024 Champions League.
In 2020/21 – Havertz’s club (Chelsea) drew 1-1 in the last Champions League group match. 23/24 – Havertz club drew 1-1 in the last Champions League group match.
In 20/21 – Havertz club secured Champions League top spot in their fifth group match. 23/24 – Havertz club secured Champions League top spot in their fifth group match.
In 20/21 – Havertz’s club (Chelsea) was knocked out by a London club in the Carabao Cup fourth round. 23/24 – Havertz was knocked out by a London club in the Carabao Cup fourth round.
In 20/21 – Arsenal won Community Shield – Spurs topped the league table ten games in – Havertz won the Champions League in his first season at Chelsea.
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