Michael Owen was left shocked by Kai Havertz shooting when he had chance to open the scoring for Arsenal against Manchester United.
After an exquisite first touch by Kai Havertz inside the box, his second kick of the ball,
Which was meant to test the Manchester United keeper, ended up with Lisandro Martinez clearing the ball away
Because the Arsenal star hardly got any contact on the ball.
Former England striker Owen couldn’t believe what he was seeing, as he stated that professional footballers just simply don’t do that and it’s something he hasn’t seen in ‘years and years’, as he told Premier League Productions (03/09/23 at 5:25 pm).
Out of all the Arsenal players, the last person that needed to happen to was Havertz because .
He was already getting stick for his performances and this just simply adds fuel to the fire – Ian Wright had reacted to his performance yesterday.
Whilst it cost Arsenal, at the time, in regards to Manchester United opening the scoring through Marcus Rashford,
In the end, the points were sealed in the most dramatic of fashions for the home team via the right foot of Declan Rice
But Wright did admit that it was controversial and ‘dubious’.
“You just don’t see that, do you?” said Owen.
“A professional footballer like simply missing the ball. If the ball is shooting across at 100 miles per hour, then okay.
“But it was all calm and it was a beautiful touch. It was right in front of him.
And he missed the ball! I mean, he missed the ball!?
“You just don’t see that. I haven’t seen that in years and years. He missed the ball! He is struggling for confidence, isn’t he?!”
Don’t kick someone when they are down
Pardon the pun, but don’t kick someone when they are down and, regardless of Arsenal winning and maintaining their unbeaten start, Havertz is still on the floor.
The German international is going to need picking up, sooner rather than later because, as of this moment, his form isn’t showing whilst Arsenal are winning.
If it starts to showcase its ugly head when his team start to drop points, then he will become a very easy target.
