LONDON – Chelsea midfielder Kai Havertz scored a hat-trick in a 6-0 goal at Barnsley at Stamford Bridge in the third match of the League Cup on Wednesday.
Havertz, who joined Chelsea from Bayer Leverkusen for 71 million pounds ($90 million), his team’s two Premier League matches against Brighton and Hove Albion and Liverpool, but showed his elegance against Barnsley.
Germany’s foreigner overcake Barnsley goalkeeper Bradley Collins from nearby diversity to double Chelsea’s lead halfway through in the first half after Tammy Abraham’s early attack put them at the forefront.
Ross Barkley surpassed the merits of Frank Lampard’s team at the beginning of the era before Havertz, 21, scored twice in 10 minutes to complete his tre-on.
He fired in the after a pass back from Abraham to take the score to 4-0, then ran with a long England ball ahead to overtake the goalkeeper and drain into the void.
Olivier Giroud finished the beating late, tying in the fourth against Leyton Orient or Tottenham Hotspur. ($1 – 0. 7858 pounds) (Report via Richard Martin edited through Tothrough Davis)
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