Chelsea forward Kai Havertz has faced heavy criticism this season due to a lack of goals to help arrest his club’s struggles. However, the German’s fortunes began to improve last week, after his decisive goal against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League was backed up with another strike against Leicester City on Saturday.
This contributed to Graham Potter’s side securing three straight wins for the first time since mid-October. Before the start of that sequence, the Blues had won just one of 11 games in 2023, and scored just four goals in the process, which had seen them slip to 10th in the Premier League table.
Havertz was often made a scapegoat for his side’s struggles, having contributed just one goal despite being a regular in Potter’s line-up, albeit as an unorthodox No. 9. Now, he has admitted the pressures that came with a lack of good fortune on the pitch negatively affected both his personal life and relationships with loved ones.
