In a close run Premier League title race Arsenal’s Per Mertesacker believes the return of young Englishman Danny Welbeck can make the difference for Arsenal. The 25 year old Gunner returned from a long stint of injury yesterday in style, scoring a header in the 94th minute of Arsenal’s clash with league leaders Leicester City. Now the only club to have defeated Leicester both home and away this season Arsenal are hoping to gun for the title. Mertesacker told Arsenal’s website:
"We have long-term injuries, which gave us a bit of a struggle, especially in January, where we played in December and January with almost the same team,"
"Now we need players to come back and make the difference. That's very important, as you could see against Leicester. We are happy to have Danny now and a few others are not far away. We need our players - you could see that that makes a difference. We're happy to have at least him back and there's more coming back as well."
"For Danny to go through a bad, injured period where he kept believing in himself, when everyone maybe doubted him, it was a great chance for him to come in and show he was ready to give everything for the team," Mertesacker said. "He was always integrated into the team but when you feature on the pitch, give the team such a great goal and energy, it gives him a big lift."
Source: transfermarketweb.com