Arsenal may have had more impressive wins this season than the 2-0 victory over Brighton -- with the ice being broken only in the second half and the second coming on the counter late on -- but in terms of performance, it looked very much like how Mikel Arteta had drawn things up in his mind. Yes, the finishing could have been better, but Arsenal out-footballed a footballing side like Roberto De Zerbi's for much of the game, while conceding very little at the other end. Havertz has had his (many) critics, and for all of Arteta's adjustments, there's little question that his presence affects Odegaard (and not always in a good way), which may explain why the latter's numbers are down this season. But given the massive investment in the German, it's evident that he'll be given time, and rightly so.
Havertz played almost exclusively as a center-forward after his first campaign at Chelsea. With Germany, he has been deployed both up front
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