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70 min: Welbeck, buoyed by his fine goal, storms past two and into the box before Dawson puts the ball out for a throw-in.

He had an inkling he would be picked last night but when Ferguson tapped him on the shoulder, Welbeck admitted it still came as a shock.

Welbeck declared himself satisfied with his own contribution, even if he did not get the goal he wanted.

With that in mind, it made perfect sense to give Welbeck a run-out in the Reserves.

Despite fine goals from Danny Welbeck and Fabio, United were held to a draw in a feisty local derby with Liverpool on Thursday evening.

Welbeck's Sunderland colleague Asamoah Gyan may have grabbed a late equaliser but it was a night our 20-year-old forward will never forget.

Whether it is Rooney, or Macheda, or Welbeck, or Nani, they all have to say, 'Well, this guy was exceptional'.

Manchester United's Danny Welbeck believes that teammate Tom Cleverley can mature into a world-class talent.

Manchester United's Michael Carrick congratulates Danny Welbeck, front, on one of his two goals against Basel.

Danny Welbeck is living the dream at Manchester United - and he cannot wait for the Carling Cup to come round again to continue the story.

The key to the deal could be Ferguson's stance on Danny Welbeck, with Bruce wanting to take the highly-rated youngster on loan again.

This time they will probably face our kids but the likes of Welbeck, Rafael and Possebon are unlikely to be overawed by Rovers. . .

Danny Welbeck performed well in their absence, but United won't always be so fortunate.

The reason we let Danny Welbeck and Mame Biram Diouf go was that they are young and they need games.

A triple change from United: Off go Welbeck (to a rapturous ovation), Cleverley and Young, on trot Giggs, Hernandez and Park.

"There's a connection with Danny Welbeck, they have played together a lot and that will help, " added Ferguson Jnr.

You've got Rooney and Berbatov and Welbeck's fit now as well.

"This competition gives me an opportunity to play more games and show what I can do, " said Welbeck.

Welbeck smiled at the memory of the annual classroom career debate.

8pm: We have kick-off! Rooney to Welbeck, and all the way back to De Gea, whose first touch is an assured boot down the park.

Danny Welbeck is a highly talented, skilful player who can play out wide or up front.

58 min: Welbeck flicks on a Jones ball into the box and young elects to take it first time, volleying wide from the right.

Again Martin was involved, as his free-kick was headed goalwards by Welbeck.

Danny Welbeck is fit again and fortunately he got 15 minutes (against Villa) which is good, so he is an option for Wednesday.

Things could not have gone much better for Danny Welbeck since he reported back for duty with the Reds last month.

Basel trailed 2-0 at halftime thanks to two Danny Welbeck strikes in as many first-half minutes.

Ferguson is also encouraged by the development of Danny Welbeck and, in particular, Federico Macheda.

It's started with Welbeck and Cleverley because, when I came in, they were 10 or 11.

I know that in whatever games we've got in the run-in, we can play the likes of Macheda, Welbeck and Rafael without any question at all.