AC Milan coach Gennaro Gattuso is not going to judge English football on Danny Welbeck's apparent dive in Arsenal's 3-1 Europa League win, suggesting the striker had to do what he did. Gattuso's side had taken a 1-0 lead on the night through Hakan Calhanoglu's stunning long-range strike, cutting the aggregate score to 2-1 in Arsenal's favour. But six minutes before half-time, Welbeck seemed to go to ground in the area under minimal contact from Ricardo Rodriguez, with referee Jonas Eriksson subsequently pointing to the spot. Milan never recovered and Arsenal ultimately added further goals from Granit Xhaka and Welbeck in the second half, but Gattuso was keen to not lay the blame...
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