Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta revealed that Kai Havertz suffered his season-ending hamstring injury while innocuously blocking a shot during a training session. Havertz's erratic finishing, lethargy and suitability to the centre-forward role have all come under question this season,

Mikel Arteta has described Kai Havertz's hamstring injury as "an accident waiting to happen" and issued a rallying cry to his players to show "what you're made of" in his absence. The 25-year-old will undergo surgery and miss the rest of the season after sustaining the problem while defending a set-piece during the club's winter training break in Dubai earlier this week.

Mikel Arteta has called season-ending injuries like the one suffered by Kai Havertz “an accident waiting to happen” with the increasing demands on current players.