Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta heaped praise on midfielder Kai Havertz on Sunday.

The Gunners had to battle hard to secure a 2-0 home win against Brighton and Hove Albion.

Havertz scored the second goal for Arteta's side, killing the game and ensuring they claimed all the points.

Arteta's post-match press conference comments on Havertz stated: “His confidence is growing and he feels more secure on the field. The fact he's scored one helped to score the second one. It's four in seven games now and he should have scored a header today as well in a really good position. But overall, his performances, the intelligence he shows on the pitch, the aggression, how he works defensively, it's top. Really good."

He then added on the team lifting the handbrake in their performances: “I don't know about the handbrake. Hopefully I don't transmit them to play with the handbrake but when you have 10 players defending in [a space of] 22 meters, you cannot run.

“If you run, you run off the pitch. When [you play] a team that allows you space, that wants to go man-to-man, there are huge spaces opening if you do the right things. Then we can run - and we're a really dangerous team then as well. I think the team is clicking because they're experiencing more and more time together. When you talk about Kai or Declan, they have played more games with us now. They understand certain things much quicker. It's easy to adapt in games because they get it."