Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck hailed Sead Kolasinac's impact after their 4-3 opening day win over Leicester City.

The 24-year-old assisted Welbeck for his equaliser at the end of the first half, with the England international opening his account for the season.

Welbeck declared: "Obviously for the neutral it would've been a great start, just watching it from the outside. For us it was a bit disappointing with the goals that we've let in and we shouldn't really be conceding in that way, but I think we showed great determination and great togetherness to get back into the game and we won it towards the end of the game."

On Kolasinac he added: "Sead, honestly, with his aggressiveness at the back and getting up towards the strikers, winning the ball back and breaking forward he was great for us. He's like a beast on the pitch and when he got through he passed it to me!"