Everton supporters held their hands up in admittance that Kai Havertz was excellent for Chelsea last night.
Havertz exhibited arguably his finest display in a Chelsea kit during his sides 2-0 win over the traveling Toffees.
His first-half flick was chalked down as an own-goal after talking a healthy deflection off Everton defender Ben Godfrey.
It was also Havertz’s run and touch past Jordan Pickford in the second half that brought the Blues a penalty, which was dispatched by Jorginho.
The young German had a great evening at Stamford Bridge. So much so, even rival fans allowed him his rare moment of joy.
Chelsea’s talented star looked something back to his swanky, stylish self with several elegant touches and smart movements off the ball.
He also scored a 95%.2 passing accuracy and completed two dribbles against Everton, according to WhoScored.com.
His role as a false nine worked well and something Thomas Tuchel may want to explore again in the future.
Tuchel will hope this is just the beginning of Havertz’s home stretch to fulfilling his footballing prophecy that he forged at Bayer Leverkusen.
That latest man of the match showing was just the 21-year-old’s second start in the league under his compatriot coach.
Only eight times has he completed 90 minutes this season as he did against Everton, a demonstration of his disrupted spell in England.
But the signs were positive yesterday. Havertz just needs to keep the light green, not red.
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