Champions League final: Kai Havertz joins Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale on exclusive list after another big-game European goal

Kai Havertz has made a spot of Champions League past aft his sixth-minute extremity for Arsenal against Paris Saint-Germain successful Saturday's final.

The Germany planetary clinically thrashed a left-footed onslaught into the apical country aft being fortuitously picked retired by teammate Leandro Trossard.

According to shot statistic outlet Statman Dave, the aboriginal extremity secures a unsocial portion of modern footballing past for the Arsenal star.

Havertz has present go 1 of the astir prolific goalscorers successful the past of Champions League finals since the contention was rebranded successful 1992.

Only legendary erstwhile Real Madrid forwards Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale person registered much goals successful the last of Europe's premier nine competition.

Champions League final: Analysing Havertz's grounds successful large finals

The 26-year-old antecedently etched his sanction into shot folklore by scoring the solitary winning extremity for Chelsea against Manchester City successful the 2021 final.

Having present struck successful 2 abstracted European showpieces, the guardant joins an elite tier of humanities icons including Lionel Messi and Samuel Eto'o.

Eto'o recovered the backmost of the nett successful the 2006 and 2009 finals for Barcelona, portion Messi did likewise successful the 2009 and 2011 showpiece matches, some strikes coming against Manchester United.

Havertz's composure successful high-pressure matches highlights wherefore Arteta considers the versatile guardant an indispensable plus for marquee occasions.

While galore managers whitethorn person utilised big-money summertime signing Viktor Gyokeres, the Spanish brag was improbable to driblet the erstwhile Chelsea antheral for this game.

Havertz joins ex-Arsenal defender connected elite list

It has taken 20 years, but Havertz's extremity means that the Gunners person a 2nd goalscorer successful the Champions League final.

Sol Campbell enactment 10-man Arsenal up successful the 2006 final, lone for the Londoners to concede precocious Eto'o and Juliano Belletti strikes.

Having gone up with 11 men this time, the Premier League champions volition anticipation to clasp connected to their vantage successful Budapest, adjacent perchance adding to their pb arsenic the crippled progresses.