Gunners are going very Wel

DANNY WELBECK fired a timely reminder of his talents to Gareth Southgate as Arsenal survived a scare at a half-empty Emirates.

Welbeck is hoping to feature in next month’s Nations League fixtures against Croatia and Spain. having been involved against Spain and Switzerland.

He did his cause no harm, scoring his first double for Arsenal in five months.

But with the Gunners cruising, a 58th-minute free kick from Irish star Alan Judge made for a tense end as a Bees team showing seven changes briefly threatened a comeback.

Welbeck, who scored 12 times for club and country last season, has yet to start a league game this season but now has four goals.

That’s more than Alexandre Lacazette, who nicked his third of the campaign off the bench in stoppage time.

Bees boss Dean Smith’s side made a terrible start, allowing Matteo Guendouzi to swing in an unopposed cross from a short corner which brought Arsenal’s fifth-minute opener.

Brentford’s highly-rated young centre back Ezri Konsa was nowhere as Welbeck rose highest to send a free header flying past Luke Daniels.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan set things in motion for the second goal, driving upfield to feed Alex Iwobi, whose resulting cross on the overlap was tapped in by Welbeck eight minutes before the break.

Brentford made more of a fist of it after half-time, and were back in the tie with just over half an hour to go when Judge fired past flat-footed Arsenal keeper Bernd Leno.

Suddenly Smith’s side had their tails up, with Sergi Canos firing over the bar.

Emery responded by throwing on Lacazette for teenager Emile Smith Rowe and he grabbed the third to make it six wins in a row for Arsenal.