Bukayo Saka became the fifth player in Arsenal's history to record 50 Premier League assists last night.
His corner set up Havertz's winner. That was the 50th.
The four ahead of him are Dennis Bergkamp on 94, Thierry Henry on 74, Cesc Fabregas on 70, and Mesut Özil on 54.
Saka is 24 years old.
Bergkamp played his last Arsenal game at 37. Henry left at 27 and returned for a brief loan at 34. Fabregas was sold at 24 and built the rest of his career elsewhere. Özil won the World Cup with Germany, won three FA Cups with Arsenal, and was eventually frozen out of the squad entirely.
Saka is 24 and still there. He's got the contract, the form, and his name is already in that sentence.
If Arsenal win the title this week, he'll have done what Bergkamp, Henry, Fabregas, and Özil never did together at that club.
That's not a bad week's work for a kid from Ealing.
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