Rice or Havertz? “He is not playing as I want him to” Arteta likely to start dropping new signing because of his abyssmal performance, may be surprised that many fans are not complaining about him

Rice or Havertz? “He is not playing as I want him to” Arteta likely to start dropping new signing because of his abyssmal performance, may be surprised that many fans are not complaining about him

‘He should have a lot of goals already’ – Mikel Arteta admits Kai Havertz is ‘missing’ scoring touch for Arsenal after £65m man’s disappointing display against Fulham

Mikel Arteta has admitted that Kai Havertz needs to do better in front of goal after he fired another blank in Arsenal’s 2-2 draw with Fulham.

Arteta says Havertz must improve in front of goal
Manager defended his overall performance
Arsenal dropped points in 2-2 draw with Fulham
WHAT HAPPENED? Havertz was hooked after 56 minutes of Saturday’s match with Arsenal trailing 1-0 following Andreas Pereira’s early strike. The German missed one gilt-edged chance when he failed to convert Bukayo Saka’s cut-back across the face of goal, and there were murmurs of discontent from Arsenal fans whenever he was on the ball.

WHAT THEY SAID: Arsenal boss Arteta defended his £65 million ($81.8m) summer signing after the game, but admitted he must improve. “Yes, I think [he will win the fans over],” Arteta said. “I think he’s done already really good things today. It was tough for him in certain moments, he got in great areas again and the ball didn’t arrive. He’s had a lot of situations, he should have scored already a lot of goals this season, and that’s the thing that is missing there.”