Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla was delighted with the passion shown for their 2-1 win at West Ham United.

The Spaniard and Danny Welbeck put Arsène Wenger's side in control at half-time, but Cheikhou Kouyate halved the deficit just after the break.

"I'm very happy [with the win]", said Cazorla. "It's a difficult game and an important one for us.

"West Ham are a good team and our team defended with a good spirit and were compact. Now we have a rest because we have a big game at Southampton.

"We need to play better every time because we have the example against Stoke City. The second ball was so important because they have so many tall players, but our team was very focused today.

"The team are in a good mood because we won the last game at home against QPR and now we won again against West Ham. It's a good moment for us and now we need to continue to play the same."