Danny Welbeck believes England’s players have made the most of their set-piece opportunities at the World Cup.
Gareth Southgate’s side have impressed with their use of free-kicks and corners in Russia, with only two of their eight goals – Jesse Lingard’s long-range strike and Harry Kane’s hat-trick effort against Panama – coming from open play.
Speaking ahead of Tuesday’s last-16 clash with Colombia, the Arsenal forward said: “With the formation we play, we like to keep possession of the ball but we also like to create opportunities.”There has been a lot of talk about set-pieces and getting goals from that but in this tournament a lot of goals have been scored from set-pieces.”