Danny Welbeck achieved one thing solely two different gamers in Premier League historical past have performed by scoring towards Liverpool.
The Brighton striker received on the scoresheet towards the Reds on the Amex, notching his eleventh objective of the season in the method.
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This noticed Welbeck change into simply the third participant in Premier League historical past to attain greater than 10 targets in a season aged 35 or over.
Only Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Gary McAllister had been beforehand in a position to obtain the spectacular feat.
Both gamers had been additionally 35 once they broke the 10-goal mark, with Swedish celebrity Ibrahimovic firing in 17 targets for Manchester United in the 2016/17 season.
Meanwhile, McAllister netted 11 instances from midfield for Coventry in the 1999/2000 marketing campaign.
Not solely did Welbeck be part of an exclusive group together with his landmark objective towards the Reds, he additionally made private historical past.
His eleventh league strike of the marketing campaign means he has now recorded his best-ever goalscoring season in the Premier League.
Despite having fun with a 17-year top-flight profession, which has seen him play for each Manchester United and Arsenal, Welbeck has recorded his highest objective tallies in the final two years.
He bagged 10 for Brighton final time period, whereas his type in the 2025/26 marketing campaign has seen the 35-year-old tipped for an England recall.
However, the Premier League veteran was not included in Thomas Tuchel’s 35-man squad on Friday for the upcoming worldwide break.
Hurzeler ideas Welbeck for World Cup
Speaking forward of the Liverpool sport, Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler argued that Welbeck might have an effect for England at this summer season’s World Cup.
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Hurzeler stated: “Yesterday, I think our German coach Julian Nagelsmann had a press conference talking about Pascal Gross, talking about his phrase in Germany.
“He’s the ‘longer arm’ from the coach and he makes players around him better, and I think that’s 100 per cent also the phrase I would give to Danny Welbeck.
“He can be a longer arm for the coach in a different way, what I mean by a different way than Pascal is, Pascal is more into the game regarding tactics and Danny Welbeck is an unbelievably great connector.
“He can connect different ages, he can connect different cultures, and I think that’s something that really helps the coach, especially when it comes to the World Cup.
“To bring the different ages together, to make sure everyone is aligned, to make sure the team is going in the right direction.
“I think therefore he’s blessed with some unbelievable skills. I like to talk about Danny beside the pitch, but I also like to talk about Danny on the pitch, a hard worker, scoring goals.”
