DBasia.news – Chelsea made it to the fourth round of the 2020-2021 League Cup in a classy manner. The Blues beat the League Two team, Barnsley at Stamford Bridge, Thursday (24/09) with half a dozen goals, aka 6-0.
Dominating possession of the ball by 68.9 percent and releasing 17 attempted kicks and 35 percent goal conversions, Chelsea won 6-0 from goals from Tammy Abraham (19′), Ross Barkley (49′), Olivier Giroud (83′), and the match stars : Kai Havertz who scored a hat-trick alias goals (28′, 55′ and 65′).
According to Squawka’s record, it was the 21-year-old’s first hat-trick at senior level in match 153. Kai Havertz never did it at Bayer Leverkusen and is now doing it successfully with Chelsea.
“It (hat-trick goals) was great training for him, another game to see how we want to work without the ball, but also freedom with the ball and the combination with Tammy,” Frank Lampard said on Chelsea’s official website.
The German player is indeed the star of the match with statistics of 100 percent kick accuracy, 88 percent pass accuracy, five tackles (at most), four successful dribbling, four kicks (the most), three goals and two chances creation.
It shows Havertz’s true talent when played in the right position: attacking midfielder. In Chelsea’s 4-2-3-1 tactics Havertz was behind Abraham as a lone striker and assisted by Mason Mount and Callum Hudson-Odoi on the wings.
In addition to being a star of action and setting personal records, Kai Havertz also equaled the record of his compatriot Andre Schurrle who defended Chelsea from 2013-2015. Both are players from Germany who scored a hat-trick with Chelsea: Schurrle in 2014 against Fulham.
In summary, throughout 2020 so far Havertz has been involved in 25 goals in all competitions: 17 goals and eight assists – alongside Leverkusen and Chelsea.