Comfortably his best Chelsea performance to date. Looked fit, looked sharp and played the false 9 role really well. 

Could be coming back at a good time for us. 

Best performance for us so far, he was class tonight. 

After today’s performance I’d like to see more of him in the false 9 role! Tuchel may have just found the best way to use him.

How brilliant was it too see him like that?

All of a sudden belief that he'll turn into a top class player for us is back!

Think Tuchel have handled the situation perfectly with the extended break Havertz got. Looked like a completely different player today.

f**king Yes Kai, He's a player trust me

Did alright...

Has a real knack of finding those little pockets of space, handy against teams that don’t have 10 men behind the ball for 90 minutes.

Excellent tonight.

He was excellent. Looks like he might be the most natural finisher out of all of our attackers, too. I actually think he was exactly what we've been missing recently -- someone big in middle who can keep hold of the ball, but also has the pace to stretch the defence. When you see him play like that, is seems bizarre to try and play him as a number 8. He looks like a Striker -- one that's very, very good on the ball. 

 

 

He was just great today. Hope he keeps it up but he could be a top player for us.

He should be our new false 9. His overall play is better than any of the No. 9 options we have against Everton. Hope it continues, he definitely transformed the way we play today.

Finally over his covid ? Top class today - looking forward to seeing a lot more of him !

This was only a glimpse of what he can do. He just needs to play and I'm pretty sure he earned his place in the starting 11 next weekend.

Came back to this forum after I saw his performance today and I couldn´t be happier for him. That´s the Kai I know from Leverkusen, finally playing with confidence and the team seems to be playing more to his strenghts. Hope, this is a new start for him.

15 minutes ago, Deino said:

He should be our new false 9. His overall play is better than any of the No. 9 options we have against Everton. Hope it continues, he definitely transformed the way we play today.

Be wasted as a false 9, he's at his best running from deep beyond the striker into space. 

1 minute ago, dkw said:

Be wasted as a false 9, he's at his best running from deep beyond the striker into space. 

Currently we don't have a decent enough striker that can allow him to do that though.

If we had someone like a Drogba that can trouble defenses then maybe. 

Cracking display, looked confident, a threat, strong and was unlucky not to have a goal or 2. 
 

long may it continue 

Pleased for him, will help his confidence and belief going forward for the rest of the season. Will be interesting to see how his run of games go, hopefully he gets a run.

His selection 

Brilliant tonight! What a performance! I loved how fluid the attack was, the front three all looking to pick out pockets of space one drops in another runs in behind. Maybe we have found a formation that suits both havertz, Werner and Mount. 

He reads the game like he's 29 y/o and not 21-22, great movement.

I noticed that he just sometimes takes an extra split second to load his shot and it's easier to block him but that first time flick resulted in the "own goal" so it's all good.

100% take-ons completed

53 touches

5 touches in opp. box (most)

5 duels won

2 shots

2 aerial duels won

2 take-ons completed

1 penalty won

In this free role as a false 9 where he can just do his thing offensively and not worry about distributing the ball from deep he's looking pretty scary.

 

3 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

He reads the game like he's 29 y/o and not 21-22, great movement.

I noticed that he just sometimes takes an extra split second to load his shot and it's easier to block him but that first time flick resulted in the "own goal" so it's all good.

100% take-ons completed

53 touches

5 touches in opp. box (most)

5 duels won

2 shots

2 aerial duels won

2 take-ons completed

1 penalty won

In this free role as a false 9 where he can just do his thing offensively and not worry about distributing the ball from deep he's looking pretty scary.

 

Gol you’re back with a bang. were you, like Havertz, just being held back for tonight? 🙂

 

2 minutes ago, Dean said:

Gol you’re back with a bang. were you, like Havertz, just being held back for tonight? 🙂

 

Much better tonight.

He linked up well with our midfield pivot and also Alonso and Werner.

He seemed to find a bit more space today than recently giving him the chance to run at the Everton defence.

I put this down to Tuchel, he has obviously spotted something.

 

Fantastic performance. What we've been expecting to see. Better late than never. Will be vital for our hopes of winning the Champions League.

With the right support Havertz could be the Hazard replacement we crave so much. This is a player Abramovich personally wanted so we can expect TT will do everything to get him fit and firing. Here's hoping whatever he's doing with Kai he can do to Christian and Timo too.

Also what great technique he seems to possess, handball aside (not sure if it was) the way he took it down and buried it....wow