Aston Villa tease Kai Havertz after Arsenal star left red-faced by Youri Tielemans
Following Arsenal’s defeat at the hands of Unai Emery’s team on Saturday, the media team at Aston Villa made fun of Kai Havertz with a lighthearted post. At Villa Park, John McGinn’s early goal proved to be the difference as the hosts maintained their strong form to close the gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool to just two points.
Throughout the game, avertz, an Arsenal forward, showed signs of frustration as a late equaliser was disallowed due to a handball. Additionally, when he challenged for possession and bundled into the Argentina international, he started a late altercation with Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.
On Sunday, Villa posted a photo of Havertz snatching Youri Tielemans’ jersey during a ball-battle on X, the former Twitter. The caption, which said, “Who else really wants a Youri Tielemans shirt?” made light of the Arsenal player.
It happened when referee Jarred Gillett correctly saw a handball in a sea of bodies during a
goalmouth scramble, leaving Havertz furious that his late strike had been rejected.
Havertz bundled the ball into the nett, but his joy was short-lived as Villa managed to hold on for a spirited victory despite a protracted VAR check failing to step in.
Havertz insisted after the full-time whistle that Arsenal deserved at least a point from the encounter, writing on Instagram: “Tough one to take.
I thought we deserved more… Now onto Tuesday. Thank you as always for the support!”
Mikel Arteta, meanwhile, was clearly annoyed by the decision to rule out Havertz’s late goal but refused to question the referee given the fall-out from Arsenal’s defeat at Newcastle last month.
Earlier in the game at Villa Park, the Gunners were also denied a penalty when Gabriel Jesus went down under the challenge of Douglas Luiz in the box.
In his post-match interview, the Arsenal manager opted to play it cool, but it was evident that he was annoyed as he kept saying it was “clear and obvious” when asked about the two choices.
“I prefer not to comment,” he stated. lucid and evident. lucid and evident. That’s my meaning.
Because of the outcome, Arsenal was unable to reclaim the top spot in the
Premier League standings, just hours after Liverpool had deposed them.
When their next chance to win comes on Tuesday night when they play PSV in their last Champions League group stage match, the north Londoners will be itching to get back to winning ways.
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