The North London derby is nearly upon us and for Arsenal fans, the game cannot come soon enough after the disastrous midweek draw at Wolves.
Arsenal looked to be cruising to another three points at Molineux but were found wanting, when Wolves fought back from two down to rescue a point.
The focus for Arsenal is now on Tottenham and Mikel Arteta is looking to welcome back some key figures.
What should be Bukayo Saka’s starting position in the North London Derby – right-wing or attacking midfield?
Indeed, speaking in his press conference today, Arteta confirmed that both Kai Havertz and Martin Odegaard could be fit to face Spurs.
And if that is the case, then it is Viktor Gyokeres who is going to be the big winner for Arsenal.
Viktor Gyokeres will be delighted to see Kai Havertz back
Viktor Gyokeres remains a man under pressure really.
While he has done ok in spells, the consistency is just not there for him and at a crucial point in the season, he needs to find that.
However, the return of Kai Havertz from injury should help Gyokeres considerably.
It’s worth noting that when Havertz returned from injury recently, Gyokeres shone with the German playing just off him.
In the win over Kairat Almaty, both Havertz and Gyokeres scored within 15 minutes, while it was Havertz who laid on the goal for the Swedish striker.
Fast forward to their next start together against Sunderland, and it was magic again in a 3-0 win.
Gyokeres scored twice in that game, while Havertz was a driving creative force behind him as the summer signing delivered in front of goal.
In total, the duo have only started together twice but that has yielded four goals and two assists from them as a pair.
With Havertz now back again, we could well be about to see the best of Gyokeres once more.
Kai Havertz is Arsenal’s leading man to get them to the title
When Havertz returned a few weeks ago, there was an overwhelming feeling of relief among the Arsenal fans.
No longer were they worried about scoring goals, they had back the man who occupies the number ten spot perfectly the fact they scored six goals in the two games Havertz started, tells you a lot.
Havertz? Jesus? Gyokeres? Tell us who starts in the number nine position v Tottenham and why…
However, Arsenal have to keep Havertz fit. At this point in the season, he has effectively become the key man for the Gunners in terms of winning the title.
Havertz’s return has almost been like a new signing and when clubs get things right in January, they generally help things along massively.
While City are looking at Antoine Semenyo and Marc Guehi to help them, it is Kai Havertz who will hold the key to Arsenal’s chances.
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