Emile Smith Rowe says Arsenal's work on the training ground paid off against Chelsea on Wednesday.

Under intense pressure, Jorginho almost scored an own goal before Kepa managed to scrape the ball off the line, only for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to set-up Smith Rowe to finish easily for the game's only goal.

Speaking to Sky Sports, Smith Rowe said: "Important result, we had to dig deep, it was a tough test but important for our season.

"We worked on the pressing in training, high press and we did well to make them make the mistake and Auba [Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang] set me up which was good."

Asked whether his goal was lucky, he added: "That happens sometimes, I'm happy it went in but it was a slightly lucky finish. It means so much to score for this fantastic club, I just want to keep pushing on.

"I'm so tired but I feel like we played well, we looked tired at times but we got the three points and showed our character, we defended really well in patches and after this tough season it was a good performance from us today.

"We're working really hard in training and showed this season how good we can be, but we need to keep pushing forward."