Kai Havertz becomes Premier League’s leading German goalscorer after Arsenal’s 1-0 win over Liverpool
Kai Havertz scored the only goal for Arsenal in their 1-0 Premier League win against Liverpool on Sunday. The strike decided the match and registered as Havertz’s 46th goal in the competition.
Havertz’s 46th Premier League goal moved him ahead of Ilkay Gündogan on the list of German scorers in the English top flight; Gündogan has 45. Havertz has scored 27 Premier League goals for Arsenal and 19 for Chelsea. Arsenal signed him in 2023 for £65 million after he moved to Chelsea from Bayer Leverkusen. He scored 13 league goals in the 2023-24 season and has 27 goals for the Gunners in the league to date.
Ilkay Gündogan’s Premier League total of 45 comes after two spells with Manchester City; he scored 44 goals in 188 league appearances before a short stint with Barcelona and then returned to Manchester City, adding one goal in 33 appearances. The article notes Gündogan had previously netted 10 league goals for Borussia Dortmund. Gündogan’s 44 goals in 188 league appearances came during a period in which he helped Manchester City win a historic treble.
Kai Havertz’s Premier League record also includes his Chelsea period, when he scored 19 goals in three seasons and produced the winning goal in the 2021 UEFA Champions League final. The source states he took time to settle at Chelsea after moving from Bayer Leverkusen but went on to contribute those 19 goals before Arsenal acquired him in 2023.
Mesut Özil’s Premier League figures are listed as 33 goals in 184 matches across eight seasons with Arsenal, alongside 50 assists in the competition. The material records that Özil joined Arsenal in 2013 and that he is the 61st highest goalscorer in Arsenal’s history.
Pascal Groß is reported to have joined Brighton for a £3 million fee and spent seven seasons with the club, scoring 30 goals before earning a move to Borussia Dortmund. After two years away, Groß returned to Brighton and has netted four goals in 30 matches since his return, taking his Premier League total to 34.
Uwe Rösler scored 29 goals in 103 matches during a four-year spell with Manchester City, while Jürgen Klinsmann reached the same total of 29 goals in just 56 matches for Tottenham Hotspur. Klinsmann joined Spurs from Monaco in the 1994-95 season, scored on his debut against Sheffield Wednesday, finished that first season with 20 goals, later left for Bayern Munich and Sampdoria, and rejoined Tottenham on loan ahead of the 1997-98 season, making 15 appearances and scoring nine goals.
Arsenal’s 1-0 victory over Liverpool moved the club to the top of the Premier League table. Havertz’s 46 Premier League goals now place him ahead of Ilkay Gündogan’s 45 on the list of German scorers in the competition.