MARK GOLDBRIDGE: Kai Havertz showed he is human while Man United, Man City and Liverpool stars dominate my Premier League All-Star XI
The reaction to Kai Havertz missing a few volleys in the MLS skills challenge has been incredible.
I remember Erling Haaland in the Community Shield missing a couple of chances and people saying he was going to flop… he went on to score 52 goals in all competitions for Manchester City last season.
Havertz is not going to be a flop based on not being particularly good in a skills challenge.
I’m not a massive fan of the MLS All-Stars game against Arsenal. It’s pre-season, so what does it really mean? It’s not like you are playing it in the middle of December.
But I liked the skills challenge because you can pick it up and do it any time of the year. I imagine some people couldn’t stand the razzmatazz of it and how American it all seemed, but I loved it.
Watching Jurrien Timber, Folarin Balogun and Jakub Kiwior do the shooting challenge and Havertz fail to find the net in 14 attempts, it was good to see them not hitting the top corner all the time and not getting everything in.
They actually looked a bit nervous and confidence looked like an issue.
It’s a leveller for fans to see these fantastic players hitting shots that you might when playing with your mates.
I did a challenge the other week in Timberlands and I was hitting the target more than Christian Benteke, who was part of the All-Stars team.
I loved watching it. That side of football is entertainment and it’s great seeing footballers do these things.
If we are all being honest, missing sitters makes them more human. I really enjoyed it, and I want to see more of it.
I’m not sure it would travel to the UK as we have a different mentality and tend to look down on these types of things. With American sports, entertainment is part of the game.
In the Premier League, if you
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