Kai Havertz shines with his debut goal as Arsenal thrashed Bournemouth 4-0

Kai Havertz scored his first goal for Arsenal as Mikel Arteta's team cruised to a comfortable win against Bournemouth

The Gunners outperformed their opponents to win 4-0 and pull even with Manchester City, who play at the Emirates Stadium the following weekend. However, Bukayo Saka's late injury will concern Arteta.

Havertz, who moved from Chelsea to the other side of London in the summer, has had trouble establishing himself, but he converted a penalty in the second half. 

On Saturday afternoon at the Vitality Stadium, the Gunners defeated Bournemouth 4-0. 

Soon after, Saka dutifully gave them the lead by heading into an empty net after Gabriel Jesus' header rebounded off the post and into the path of the English winger.

Arsenal made it 2-0 from a penalty after originally stepping up, Saka accidentally passed the ball to his captain, who then converted the penalty kick to increase the margin before halftime.

Mikel Arteta stepped up their attack in the second half with the second penalty in the game from A nasty tackle from Ryan Christie on Odegaard led to Michael Salisbury again pointing to the spot as Bournemouth proceeded to create their own issues.

Once again, Saka gathered the ball but this time sent it over to Havertz, who had yet to score or provide an assist in his first nine Arsenal matches.

After calmly putting the ball in the net, he was surrounded by his teammates as his name boomed out from the other team's section as the game was almost over.