Fans have taken to social media in their droves during the first half of Graham Potter’s Chelsea reign to protest against one player in particular after a poor opening 45 minutes.
Potter’s arrival in the dugout was confirmed late last week, but the Premier League postponements meant that his first game in charge of the Blues came in the Champions League, where Chelsea hosted RB Salzburg needing a win, having fallen to a 1-0 defeat in Zagreb last week.
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And with Marc Cucurella, Thiago Silva and Jorginho restored to the starting XI from Tuchel’s last game in charge, the Blues looked far more threatening going forwards, with the Blues managing 8 shots despite not testing the Salzburg no.1
Despite this exciting forward play, the game remained goalless, and Chelsea fans took to social media to slam one man for his performance. The player in question? German forward Kai Havertz.
Deployed behind Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in Chelsea’s attack, the youngster had a first half to forget, managing just a 65% pass accuracy. And the Chelsea fans were quick to show their ire for yet another poor outing, as can be seen below.
It would be helpful if Kai Havertz could pass accurately for once
— s. 🎨 〽️ (@shahadat8ii) September 14, 2022
For the love of football, stop playing Havertz! He’s shocking.
— Harry (@hazzache1seafc) September 14, 2022
Havertz not playing well at all
— #CHELSEAFAN⭐️⭐️ (@FowlerDarren) September 14, 2022
Havertz has to be the biggest fraud ever
— hailwood11💎 (@Ben_Hailwood) September 14, 2022
Take off Havertz and put sterling up front. This trying to force Havertz into every line up is long. I don’t rate him
— Mr.Negative🇨🇩🏴 (@Ezekiel10King) September 14, 2022
Havertz needs to change sports ngl. Looks like a Lacrosse playa
— Steve Arnott (@LaPiochey) September 14, 2022
Havertz is actually a liability on that pitch😒#UCL
— Fiona Laker ✊🏿 (@fioneezy) September 14, 2022
No system or manager can fix Kai Havertz. Hes just an awful footballer.
— Josh (@JoBro1886) September 14, 2022
Havertz can never make as a footballer he need to find another discipline Akai.
— Bawku Naaba cfc 💙 (@BawkuCfc) September 14, 2022
Ball just bouncing off Havertz 😭
— JTA (@JTAdeyemi) September 14, 2022
havertz is beyond saving
— arg #🇽🇰 (@argjentpriv) September 14, 2022
Havertz off at halftime, been so wasteful
— Zeox (@zeox1k) September 14, 2022
What has happened to Havertz? He’s just getting worse. Mount have been bad once again as well.
— J.C (@crim1986) September 14, 2022
