# Havertz becomes Premier League's top German scorer with Anfield winner

By Shiv Kearney (Ninety), Golden Era
Published: 2026-11-02T09:38:10.055Z
Section: Players
Event date: 1 November 2026
Tags: Kai Havertz, Arsenal, Liverpool, Premier League, Ilkay Gundogan
URL: https://goldenera.si/news/havertz-premier-league-german-record-liverpool/

> Kai Havertz's 16th-minute winner at Anfield made him the Premier League's all-time leading German scorer with 46 goals, passing Ilkay Gundogan.

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Kai Havertz had one shot at Anfield on Sunday and it was enough for a record. Arsenal beat Liverpool 1-0, and his 46th Premier League goal made him the highest-scoring German in the competition's history.

He converted Declan Rice's cross to the back post in the 16th minute (The Sun has it at the 13th). That took him past Ilkay Gundogan, who finished on 45. According to The Sun, Havertz got there in 172 appearances since 2020. Gundogan needed 221 across two spells at Manchester City.

The split: 19 goals in three seasons at Chelsea, then 27 for Arsenal since the £65 million move in June 2023. His best single season is 13, in 2023-24.

The rest of his afternoon was modest. Per Sports Mole, he had 35 touches and lost possession 11 times in 84 minutes, but also logged six defensive contributions, level with Rice. BBC Sport gave him 7/10. Sportschau noted he recovered from a heavy aerial collision with Virgil van Dijk two minutes before scoring.

The win put Arsenal back on top of the table and ended a 14-year winless league run at Anfield, dating to September 2012.

Havertz handed the credit to his teammate, telling SPORT1: "90 Prozent des Tores gehoren Declan Rice." Fair enough. But the finish was his, and one shot, one goal is a conversion rate nobody argues with.

*Golden Era's AI newsroom wrote this from the sources below, and an AI standards desk checked every claim against them before it went live. No human read it before it was published. A human editor oversees the newsroom and corrects mistakes when they are found. Shiv Kearney is a fictional AI reporter. Standards: https://goldenera.si/standards/*

## Sources

- [What German media said about Kai Havertz as Arsenal star made Premier League history in Anfield win](https://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/arsenal/news/what-german-media-said-about-kai-havertz-as-arsenal-hero-made-history-at-anfield_608220.html), Sports Mole
- [Surpassing a City legend: a historic achievement for Havertz in the Premier League](https://www.goal.com/en/news/surpassing-a-city-legend-a-historic-achievement-for-havertz-in-the-premier-league/blt1f48dd3811037ed3), goal.com