Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck has shrugged off criticism from Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal.

Welbeck, 24, left United in September with 29 goals in 142 games and Van Gaal said he could not match the "standard" of Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie.

"Everyone is entitled to their opinion - some you like, some you don't," Welbeck told BBC Football Focus.

"It's football, it's life. You deal with it."