Thankfully, the German seems to thrive on the biggest stage. In the past 12 months Havertz has scored the winning goal in both the Champions League final and the Club World Cup final, and it was he who bravely powered a header beyond Thibaut Courtois’ grasp at the Bridge last Wednesday.

With Chelsea requiring a minimum of two goals tonight, our attack will need to click in the manner it did at St Mary’s on Saturday. Havertz, who scored in that game, has explained why the big occasion seems to suit him.

‘Naturally I want to be able to show my qualities during such moments because everyone’s watching,’ he notes.

‘There’s probably also been important games where I didn’t perform well. But people seem to remember the games where I played well, where I scored. At the Club World Cup it was a rather difficult game and, in the first 117 minutes, I didn’t play my best game. But, nevertheless, people now remember the winning goal – the penalty.

‘I simply try to stay calm during such important moments and just focus on myself and simply enjoy what I’m doing. Otherwise, when you’re 35 years old one day, you may ask yourself: "Why didn’t I enjoy that moment more back then?" or "Why didn’t I stop and take a breath back when I took that penalty and thought, ‘Wow! Awesome, you’re standing here, and people are watching you, just enjoy this.'" That’s why I try to enjoy those moments as much as possible.’

The only other Chelsea player to have scored in a Champions League final and ended up on the winning side is Didier Drogba. A staple of the Chelsea forward line for eight years, Drogba’s record in cup finals was extraordinary, and Havertz hopes to go some way to matching the Ivorian’s achievements. He has certainly started impressively.

‘It is good when being compared to players that have played well in the past. It definitely feels good when the fans or people compare you to such a player.

‘He has scored even more important goals than me. So, in the next few years, I’ll try to get there so that I fully deserve that comparison.’

Havertz is approaching the end of his second season at Stamford Bridge. His consistency in attack has earned him a regular starting berth under Thomas Tuchel, despite the acquisition of Romelu Lukaku, and he has been a star performer in 2022 especially, netting nine goals in 17 appearances this calendar year.

While his form is not in stark contrast to his maiden campaign in SW6, Havertz acknowledges he has found things easier this term. Dealing with significant change is never easy, but as time passes it is clear the 22-year-old now feels right at home on and off the pitch.

‘When I came to Chelsea, I already knew that I would probably need one or two years to fully adapt,’ Havertz explains.

‘It’s not always just about football but, of course, how we played football here was very different to Germany, which is the style I had got used to. But it’s also everything that comes with it: it’s a life decision, you’re making a big change. I moved to a foreign country alone with my girlfriend.

‘Those are things that some people deal with better, but others might need a longer time to process everything. I might have taken a little longer. But, in the end, I knew it would take a while. And I’m not mad at myself because of that, because I think that’s just being human. I also knew that better times would come again. Of course, you also doubt yourself and wonder: "Did I really get this wrong, or what’s going on?" But, in the end, I knew I would also overcome that tough period.

‘I just tried to stay calm and not to put myself under pressure,' he adds.

'Naturally, you always want to achieve more, and you want to achieve the biggest possible success as quickly as possible. That’s also why I was so happy to have scored that important goal in Porto, because it meant that my first season at Chelsea still ended well after all.’

Tonight Havertz will be hoping to produce more European heroics so a chance remains his second year as a Blue finishes the same way.