Danny Welbeck is part of the pantheon of great English forwards who do not score goals. That’d seem to be a terrible oxymoron, but you forget that supporters love a grafter. If you had to rely on one striker to effectively man-mark a center back out of a match, it’d be Danny Welbeck.
I don’t know why you’d ever employ that tactic, but that’s the highest praise I can bestow on Welbeck.
After scoring four goals in 20 appearances last season, he’s got five from 29 this time around.
Although he didn’t get on the scoresheet in Arsenal’s 2-0 victory over Milan at the San Siro today, it looks like he effectively marked Leonardo Bonucci out of the game.