💥 Havertz, finals king: 0.08 xG goal and mad Champions League record 😨 | OneFootball

His name is Kai Havertz, but he is known as the man for finals.

Deployed almost surprisingly by Arteta through the center of the attack in place of Gyokeres, the German needed just six minutes to repay his coach’s trust. A deflection favors him down the left channel, then number 29 produces a moment of pure class: a thunderous right-footed strike from a tight angle, with the ball flying in under the crossbar and giving Safonov no chance. The goalkeeper is at fault for misreading the shot, worth just 0.08 xG, which in the end turns into a genuine masterpiece.

For Havertz, it is a goal destined to go down in history. The German becomes only the third player to score in a Champions League final with two different teams, after Cristiano Ronaldo and Mandzukic, but above all the first ever to do it with two different English clubs: in 2021 he decided the final between Chelsea and Manchester City, and today he struck against PSG in an Arsenal shirt.

A statistic that confirms his extraordinary affinity with Europe: this season he has already scored four goals in just six Champions League matches. A winning choice by Arteta, whose Arsenal got off to a flying start and immediately went 1-0 up, once again led by the man for the big occasions.

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