Kai Havertz leaves pitch with blood pouring from head after nasty collision

Kai Havertz needed stitches after being left with blood pouring from his head from a nasty collision against Inter Milan on Wednesday night.

The Arsenal forward was forced off during the closing stages of the Champions League clash in Italy.

Havertz required treatment from the Gunners medical staff after colliding with Inter’s Yann Bisseck.

Both players stayed down in agony after the incident before the physios rushed onto the pitch.

Blood was pouring from Havertz’s head whilst he was seen to before making his way off.

The extent of the bleeding could even be seen on the jacket of the Arsenal physio, who was left with a red patch on his coat.

After several minutes, Havertz was helped off and subsequently replaced by Martin Odegaard.

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta provided an update on the German after the match and said he remains hopeful that his striker will be able to face Chelsea in the Premier League on Sunday.

Arteta said: “Regarding Kai, yeah, he’s got a big cut.

“He needed to come off because he needed some stitches, but hopefully he’s going to be okay for the weekend.”

Meanwhile, Bisseck was able to continue for Inter as they closed out the final moments to secure a 1-0 victory.

Hakan Calhanoglu’s first-half penalty proved to be the difference at the San Siro.

The spot-kick was awarded due to a handball by Mikel Merino just minutes before half-time.

However, the decision was criticised by former Arsenal defender Martin Keown, while Ally McCoist demanded a change to the handball rules.

The TNT Sports pundit raged: “Is his arm in an unnatural position?

“I don’t know who determines that… it’s ruining our game, it certainly ruins Arteta’s team talk.”

Wednesday’s defeat was Arsenal’s first in this season’s Champions League and leaves them 12th in the league phase table.

Arteta’s side are just two points off the top eight, though, with four matches remaining.

The Gunners boss added: “I am very proud of my players, the level of domination we had. We were very harshly done by in the sense that is obvious. Both penalties.

“If you are going to give a penalty, the other one has to be because he punches him in the head.

“There is no deflection, nothing you can do in the box, so can he get away from it. If he is going to give that the other has to be 100% a penalty.

“We should have scored a couple at l;east but the way the team played, that was us at least. Every decision in the box makes a difference.

“The way we played tonight, the team can go to Chelsea and win.”