Mikel Arteta agrees with Rio Ferdinand on Kai Havertz verdict after Arsenal star's Porto vow

Kai Havertz is starting to justify his £65million price tag with Rio Ferdinand a huge fan of the Arsenal star's recent contributions. The Germany international has scored in his last four league games with another decisive goal coming at the weekend as he headed in the winner against Brentford.

In the absence of Gabriel Jesus, Havertz has been deployed in a false nine role with goals coming against Sheffield United, Newcastle and Burnley. Those strikes have come with Arsenal either comfortably winning or going on to win easily, however his latest strike was decisive in the Premier League title race.

After the game, Havertz spoke on his recent form, the important goal against the Bees and the task facing Arsenal against Porto. "Sometimes it’s good [to play against Brentford]," he told Sky Sports. «Obviously the first game of the season was very special for me and today was even nicer to score in front of the home fans. We’re really happy to get these three points.

»We’re coming into the final part of the season now and we’ve worked so hard to get to this point, to play these games and we’ve worked so hard all year to get here. We’ll definitely go there against Porto and turn that around, so we just need everyone to stick together because the next few weeks are very important for us."

Given his impact in recent weeks, Havertz was included in the starting XI to face the Portuguese side with Ferdinand full of praise for the 24-year-old. «One thing I would say is that his character and mentality has to be applauded because questions were asked of him. This is a Champions League winner. He scored the winning goal in the Champions League final.

»The way he’s ghosting around the penalty box at the moment is beautiful and he remains