#eberechi-eze

#eberechi-eze

Arsenal forward Kai Havertz will have surgery on a knee injury, but is not expected to be out for a significant amount of time. The 26-year-old featured in the opening win over Manchester United from the substitutes' bench, but missed the 5-0 victory over Leeds with the problem. Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta said before the Leeds match that "we need more time" before determining what course of action Havertz's injury required.

It would be wrong to get too far ahead of anything on this one. But it was impossible to ignore the alternative reading: Spurs did not want to be drawn into a battle with their rivals over one of the most exciting talents on the market. Spurs were fearful of that, and for good reason. They had to know that, given the choice, Eze would go for Arsenal over them.

Crystal Palace are preparing for life without their star player Eberechi Eze. The England international has been linked with a move away from the club all summer and now Tottenham have made progress in signing him. Talks between Spurs and Palace have continued for the last few days over the payment structure. Eze has made up his mind to move away from Selhurst Park this summer and he has made it clear that he wants a move to the Europa League winners.

Eze had more shots (six), shots on target (two) than anyone else on the pitch and put in more crosses (four) than anyone else for Palace.

Richarlison scored a brace, with one of the goals being a brilliant overhead kick goal. Brennan Johnson was the other scorer for Thomas Frank's team who started the season impressively.