Fans Rip Into Kai Havertz As Arsenal Drop Points Against 10 Man Fulham, Video

Fans Rip Into Kai Havertz As Arsenal Drop Points Against 10 Man Fulham, Video

Martin Moses
updated at August 26, 2023 at 8:50 PM
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  • Kai Havertz was hauled off before the hour mark in Arsenal's game against Fulham
  • The German had a couple of misplaced passes and missed chances
  • Arsenal drew 2-2 despite Fulham having one player sent off

Kai Havertz had another game to forget in an Arsenal shirt as his misery in North London continued.

The German is yet to impress since sealing a big-money move from Chelsea, with many fans struggling to understand why Mikel Arteta bought him.

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Kai Havertz in action for Arsenal on August 26. Photo by Stuart McFarlane.
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Arteta has stuck with his new huge signing, starting him in all the first three games of the new campaign. The Gunners scraped through to beat Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace before drawing with a 10-man Fulham on August 26.

Arsenal vs Fulham

Andreas Perreira silenced the Emirates Stadium in the first minute after catching out Aaron Ramsdale.

The home side, however, rallied back in the second half with quickfire goals by Bukayo Saka and Eddie Nketiah putting them ahead.

Fulham were reduced to 10 men after Calvin Bassey received a second yellow card, but Joao Palinha scored an equaliser three minutes from time to earn a worthy point for Marco Silva's charges.

Kai Havertz mispass

In the first half, as Arsenal were looking to get back into the game, fans spotted a howler from Havertz as he attempted to play a one-two with Gabriel Martinelli. The former Bayer Leverkusen winger 'absent-mindedly' almost put the ball out of play, much to the chagrin of Arsenal fans.

He was replaced by Fabio Vieira in the 56th minute. Vieira went on to win the penalty that restored parity before setting up Nketiah's goal.

@primeKlopp said:

"Still don't get why Arsenal bought this guy, if you're willing to spend 65mil, you don't spend it on Havertz,"

@MarkThomas said:

"Absolutely shocking, never rated him"

Rashford appears to hit ball boy

Sports Brief has also reported that Marcus Rashford courted controversy on Saturday after appearing to strike a ball boy during the game against Nottingham Forest.

United did brilliantly to come from a 2-0 down to claim all three points against a determined Forest, who gave Erik Ten Hag’s men a real test.

Taiwo Awoniyi put the visitors ahead in the first two minutes before Willy Boly doubled his side’s advantage thanks to some poor marking from United players.

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Martin Moses is a sports journalist with over five years of experience in media. He graduated from Multimedia University of Kenya (Bachelor of Journalism, 2017-2021)
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