1. Declan Rice offers a wonderful message to Kai Havertz following Arsenal’s victory over Bournemouth.

Declan Rice was passed fit to feature for Arsenal in the 4-0 win against Bournemouth as Kai Havertz netted his first goal for the club since completing a £65million move to the Emirates Stadium

Arsenal star Declan Rice has sent a brilliant Kai Havertz message following the 4-0 win against Bournemouth.

The German forward has endured a difficult start to life and has struggled to settle into a new role under Mikel Arteta.

Havertz will be looking at Rice for motivation on how to adapt to Arsenal and perform at his best following a big money move to the Emirates Stadium.

It’s clear the England international has a lot of faith in Havertz – just like Arteta and his teammates – shown by the celebrations after the German’s first goal for the Gunners.

After the game, Rice emphasized the effort Havertz is putting in to perform well for Arsenal and repay the faith his teammates and manager have placed in him.

“It was emotional, for the fans, for Kai, for everyone involved, because we want him to succeed so much,” the England international stated.

“He’s worked his socks off every day in training. In games, he gives absolutely everything.

Although he has definitely had opportunities to score this season but hasn’t done so, his ability to convert a penalty in that time of extreme pressure today speaks volumes about both his talent and his mentality.

I’m thrilled for him because I think his whole performance today was extremely remarkable.

After Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka decided to let the German international to take the second penalty of the match, Havertz was given the opportunity to score his first goal for Arsenal.

Just ten minutes into the second half, Ryan Christie fouled Odegaard, and Havertz stepped up to comfortably score from 12 yards.

Rice’s response when asked about the atmosphere at Arsenal was, “It’s special. You probably notice it every day.

 

We’re a young set of guys who genuinely trust and believe in the boss. It’s a unique sensation because he [Arteta] brought that atmosphere into the team, the entire vibe of the place in terms of the staff, the players, and the fans.

It’s really good to be a part of and that’s why I came to Arsenal. It’s a real honour to play for this club.”

Havertz is efficient

Campbell gave his verdict on the former Chelsea man.

“For me Fletch he is lacking confidence and any player who is lacking confidence will have bits missing from their game, that’s just the way it is.

The fact of the matter is that Kai Havertz adds an efficiency to Arsenal that people won’t give him credit for, because as far as people are concerned he cost £65m and he should be scoring five or 10 goals a week.

It doesn’t work like that, it’s a new system, he needs to learn how Arsenal play, and that attacking prowess has to come with confidence and his confidence is low,” Campbell said.

Hard to

Campbell says that people won’t give Havertz credit for the things he does well, but, in all honesty, it’s hard to.

Yes, the German does have some good attributes – you don’t move for £65m if you’re a terrible player, but for that sort of money, you’d want some sort of return in terms of goals and assists on a regular basis, especially for an attacking player.

Yes, he got a goal today, but there’s no bigger gimme in football than a penalty.

Havertz won’t get any sort of meaningful praise until he starts making things happen regularly in the final third.