Danny Welbeck impresses on Arsenal debut despite missing golden opportunity for first goal in a Gunners shirt

• Danny Welbeck impresses on Arsenal debut against Manchester City
• Former Manchester United striker has hand in Arsenal opener
• 23-year-old made 20 of his 24 attempted passes 
• Welbeck made his debut after a £16million move from Manchester United
• The striker was fresh from scoring twice in midweek for England 

Danny Welbeck will no doubt have taken to the Emirates pitch on Saturday with ideas of making former boss Louis van Gaal eat his words as the young striker made his Arsenal debut against Manchester City.

The Dutch boss allowed the English striker to leave Old Trafford for £16million on transfer deadline day before labelling Welbeck as not up to United's 'standard' but the Gunners faithful will disagree after Saturday's performance.

The 23-year-old striker may not have been able to find the net, but his energy and movement helped Arsenal to a 2-2 draw in north London.

                                                             Danny Welbeck impressed during his Arsenal debut as the Gunners took on Manchester City

Welbeck began brightly, working the channels and managing to keep both Vincent Kompany and Martin Demichelis busy during the early stages.

The game was barely 10 minutes old before Welbeck ran off the shoulder of Demichelis and haired down on Joe Hart's goal with a debut goal in his sights.

As 60,000 Arsenal fans jumped to their feet in anticipation, Welbeck sent a deft chip over Hart's head and agonosingly onto the City post.

                                                     Arsenal fans join Danny Welbeck with their head in their hands after the striker's miss

Shortly afterwards as Arsenal attacked down the right, Welbeck's slight nudge on Kompany inside the City penalty area put the big Belgian off his stride which caused him to miss-time his header and give Wilshere the ball.

Wislhere headed to the back into the City box and former Barcelona star Alexis Sanchez needed little invitation to strike towards goal and put Arsenal into a 2-1 lead after 74 minutes. 

With the score at 2-2, Arsene Wenger brought Welbeck off after 87 minutes to a standing ovation from the Gunners faithful.

He may not have hit Van Gaal's high 'standard' just yet, but seemingly already settled in an Arsenal shirt, that 'standard' doesn't seem too far away. 

                                                       Danny Welbeck congratulates his Arsenal team-mates after the 2-2 draw with City