England strikers Danny Welbeck and Daniel Sturridge each made successful returns from injury to inspire their teams to big Premier League victories - in both senses of the word - on Sunday. Welbeck headed in a 95th-minute winner to give Arsenal a 2-1 win over Leicester City that lifted them to within two points of Claudio Ranieri's league leaders, while Sturridge led Liverpool in a 6-0 rout of Aston Villa.
Welbeck, 25, had only come on in the 83rd minute and was making his first appearance since April 2015 following a 10-month lay-off with a knee injury.
"Everyone is extremely happy for him because he's been out for 10 months," Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger told his post-match press conference at the Emirates Stadium. "That's an eternity for a player."
Victory also served to lifted Arsenal above Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City, who face off at the Etihad Stadium later on Sunday.
"It was a pivotal moment today because the mathematics meant it could be eight points or it could be two points," Wenger added. "That is a great change."
Leicester took the lead on the stroke of half-time when Jamie Vardy drilled home his 19th goal of the campaign from the penalty spot after he had been felled by Nacho Monreal.
But Danny Simpson's 54th-minute dismissal after quick-fire yellow cards gave Arsenal the momentum and substitute Theo Walcott equalised 20 minutes from time before Welbeck sent the Emirates into raptures.