After months of mockery and criticism, the summer signing from Chelsea's first goal was a powerful moment - thanks to his team-mates
Arteta is not usually a manager to draw attention to one player or overstate the significance of a single moment but this was a departure.
“Usain Bolt once said, ‘I have to train four years to run nine seconds’. Sometimes you have to do a lot and you don’t see that. In that moment you see it. After everything Kai has been through in the last few weeks, that moment is worth all of it. It was a moment of joy fused with relief. Imagine how difficult it must be to take to the pitch knowing every mistake, however small, is going to be pounced upon.To become a professional at any level, never mind the elite, requires an enormous amount of mental resilience and self-belief — but Havertz has been playing within himself, as if still in a mental space that urges safety ahead of expression.
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