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Arsene Wenger hails hat-trick hero Danny Welbeck after Arsenal's ruthless victory
ARSENE WENGER was delighted after seeing his side demolish Galatasaray 4-1 at the Emirates this evening, and unsurprisingly singled out hat-trick hero Danny Welbeck for extra praise.
The veteran French boss was happy with Welbeck's calm demeanour in front of goal after seeing him snatch at some chances since his move.
"He is such a good player that it gives him time to finish calm.
"Once the players understand that, their finishing improves a lot."
Wenger's sides throughout his tenure in North London have often been accused of trying to walk the ball into the goal but the addition of Welbeck and Sanchez has brought a welcome injection of pace to the Arsenal attack.
He is such a good player
"We have good pace on basically all the areas of the pitch and you could see that today. It was very dangerous for them.
"(Sanchez) played well, made some good passes apart from the goal we conceded but before that I think he had a very good performance."
Szczesny was given his marching orders for bringing down Yilmaz in the area but Wenger refused to be too harsh on his goalkeeper.
"It's a fraction of a second, he has to come out and he makes a penalty.
"I felt when you lose the ball in your own half like we did that kind of thing can happen."