{"id":286845,"date":"2023-08-27T13:35:16","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T13:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=286845"},"modified":"2023-08-27T13:35:16","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T13:35:16","slug":"kai-havertz-mocked-for-failed-two-yard-pass-in-arsenals-fulham-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/kai-havertz-mocked-for-failed-two-yard-pass-in-arsenals-fulham-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Kai Havertz mocked for failed two-yard pass in Arsenal&apos;s Fulham draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Kai Havertz mocked for failed two-yard pass in Arsenal&#8217;s Fulham draw &#8211; with one supporter comparing him to Crystal Palace&#8217;s Jordan Ayew &#8211; but others insist the \u00a365m star needs time<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fans pilloried Kai Havertz for some of his passing against Fulham in the 2-2 draw<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>One failed two-yard pass drew lots of criticism for a lack of gelling with the team<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>However, others thought too much blame was put on him and that time will help\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fans have ripped into Kai Havertz for a failed pass against Fulham yesterday &#8211; while others insist he just needs to time find his rhythm with Arsenal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Supporters picked up on the particularly unfortunate moment, when Gabriel Martinelli tapped to Havertz expecting a give-and-go, but instead the \u00a365m man poked the ball back where it was in a clear breakdown of communication.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A shoddy two-yard pass was low-hanging fruit on social media for people to vent their frustrations, but others recognised that chemistry and understanding each other&#8217;s movements on the pitch is often a gradual process.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>People also vented when he received the ball with the chance to turn and play Eddie Nketiah through, but instead passed back and lost the ball.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One fan wrote: &#8216;How can a guy like Havertz who can&#8217;t even make a short pass correctly be on the pitch is beyond me.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/27\/13\/74767841-12450383-image-a-31_1693139928856.jpg\" height=\"479\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Kai Havertz came in for criticism for some poor passing against Fulham in Arsenal&#8217;s 2-2 draw<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/27\/13\/74767751-12450383-image-a-15_1693139266521.jpg\" height=\"118\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/27\/13\/74767755-12450383-image-a-16_1693139274045.jpg\" height=\"153\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/27\/13\/74767757-12450383-image-a-18_1693139290242.jpg\" height=\"559\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/27\/13\/74767769-12450383-image-a-17_1693139280952.jpg\" height=\"106\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/27\/13\/74767763-12450383-image-a-19_1693139298902.jpg\" height=\"156\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/27\/13\/74767761-12450383-image-a-20_1693139301349.jpg\" height=\"188\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fans on Twitter mocked Kai Havertz for his passing against Fulham, though some leaped to his defence\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another supporter on AFTV vented: &#8216;We have got a guy who run around and we could have got Jordan Ayew! Jordan Ayew does the same as Kai Havertz!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A tweeter in response to that laughed off the comparison, saying: &#8216;Jordan Ayew and Kai Havertz in the same statement? Naa that\u2019s a disrespect to the Ayew family&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Some chose a sarcastic route, with one commenting: &#8216;Top tier pass from Havertz. Wow&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Others picked up on the pass where he should have made a turn and play through Nketiah. One tweeted:\u00a0Nketiah will be fuming. He is already anticipating a through pass from him to run behind the defenders. Quick thinking from Havertz is zero. He should go back to Germany&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In somebody&#8217;s eyes, Havertz is Arsenal&#8217;s worst signing ever. &#8216;Havertz actually is our worst signing ever, over Mustafi and Pepe. He literally offers nothing, he hasn\u2019t even done a positive pass in 3 games,&#8217; they wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But some were quick to defend the German international on a day when many of Mikel Arteta&#8217;s players weren&#8217;t up to their usual standards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One, referring to Bukayo Saka&#8217;s backpass that led to Andreas Pereira&#8217;s goal after a minute, wrote: &#8216;Saka gave a goal away but no one is talking about it. Havertz made one bad back pass that had no consequences but y&#8217;all on his back like a scorpion&#8217;s kids&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Aother wrote: &#8216;From an obective point of view, Kai Havertz is not as bad as people make it look. Arsenal players are yet to understand his movements on the pitch because I have seen many instances where he makes perfect runs but he doesn&#8217;t get the pass. Not entirely his fault.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12450383\/Kai-Havertz-mocked-failed-two-yard-pass-Arsenals-Fulham-draw-one-supporter-comparing-Crystal-Palaces-Jordan-Ayew-insist-65m-star-needs-time.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Kai Havertz mocked for failed two-yard pass in Arsenal&#8217;s Fulham draw &#8211; with one supporter comparing him to Crystal Palace&#8217;s Jordan Ayew &#8211; but others <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/kai-havertz-mocked-for-failed-two-yard-pass-in-arsenals-fulham-draw\/\" title=\"Kai Havertz mocked for failed two-yard pass in Arsenal&amp;apos;s Fulham draw\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286844,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kai Havertz mocked for failed two-yard pass in Arsenal&amp;apos;s Fulham draw - Sportstoft<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/kai-havertz-mocked-for-failed-two-yard-pass-in-arsenals-fulham-draw\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kai Havertz mocked for failed two-yard pass in Arsenal&amp;apos;s Fulham draw - Sportstoft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kai Havertz mocked for failed two-yard pass in Arsenal&#8217;s Fulham draw &#8211; 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