Manchester United may not be in the Champions League this year but their old boys are thriving.
First Shinji Kagawa has delivered a beautiful assist for Dortmund and now fellow ex-Red Devil Danny Welbeck has scored his first ever hat-trick, with a triple against Galatasaray.
The Gunners’ new No 23 broke his duck against Aston Villa ten days ago and has now opened his Champions League account in style with three smart finishes against the Turkish giants
Played in excellently by the lively Alexis Sanchez, the England striker looked composed as he slotted the ball through the advancing goalkeeper’s legs for his first.
Not satisfied with one, Welbeck then did the hard work himself for a second.
Bustling forward from midfield, the £16m striker headed the ball past a defender, showed his pace to escape and then controlled and finished in expert fashion.
Alexis Sanchez made it 3-0 before half time, and in the second half Welbeck completed his treble. The England man ran onto a measured ball by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain before dinking it over Fernando Muslera to send Gunners fans crazy, and perhaps leaving United fans thinking ‘what if?’.
Cimbom striker Burak Yilmaz later pulled a goal back from the penalty spot after Wojciech Szczesny had been sent off but Arsene Wenger’s men finished as 4-1 winners to put themselves in a good position in the group.
Source: Metro