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How Welbz convinced the boss he should take pens

Arsene Wenger wasn’t at all worried when Danny Welbeck stepped up to take his first ever penalty in senior football - because he’s been tucking them away in training.

The England international rolled a confident spot-kick into the bottom corner to equalise against AC Milan and help us to a 3-1 win on the night and a 5-1 aggregate victory.

“Yes it was his first penalty but we worked on it in training a lot,” the boss told Arsenal Player. “He took many penalties and he convinced me that he can be a good penalty-taker.

“Every game he plays makes him stronger and that is very good for Danny, for his confidence, for the fact that he did fight very hard.