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Kai Havertz broke the deadlock for Arsenal against Burnley, and it was the only goal of the match in the end. He gifted Arsenal with the goal they needed to bring the Premier League title race to the final day, but it's a match he should count his lucky stars to be involved in.
In the second half, Kai Havertz went to ground for a slide tackle on Lesley Ugochukwu, and frankly speaking, I have no idea why he was allowed to play on having only received a yellow card. It was a stonewall red card, and he's lucky to be allowed to play in the final game.
Arsenal fans won't complain that Kai Havertz got away with one
Nobody is complaining.
You will see a lot of rival fans on social media posting the same old 'Arsenal win the Premier League because of refereeing' on social media - but that statement has no backing in reality. They will have seen a clip in isolation and saw that it was, yes, worthy of a red card; it didn't win Arsenal the Premier League. Arsenal won Arsenal the Premier League.
Rightly so, Kai Havertz was removed from the game by Mikel Arteta. The Spanish coach was probably thankful that he had the discretion to do that after what he saw, but that's a conversation the two will undoubtedly have in the tunnel after the lap of appreciation, if they haven't already.
The fact of the matter is that Havertz was shown a yellow card. Arsenal didn't benefit from VAR last weekend against West Ham (the right decision was made in favour of them), but they did benefit this time around (the wrong decision was made in favour of them).
The Kai Havertz vs Viktor Gyökeres debate lives on
If Havertz were to receive a red card, which he didn't (and can't be applied in retrospect), then he would only miss the final day of the season. The suspension would not count towards the Champions League final. Thankfully, though, that's not a reality that Arsenal fans have to consider.
Arteta will start Havertz in at least one of the two remaining games. As he has proven with both Arsenal and Chelsea, he is the man of the big occasion. If Arsenal are looking to anyone to score in the Champions League, let them turn to the man who has done it before.
Viktor Gyökeres played well when he came on, so he will certainly keep that debate alive. The Swede excelled at what Kai Havertz doesn't, holding the ball up, being physical (without risking red card...) and running at pace.
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