Nketiah congratulates Willock after scoring his first goal in EPL

Arsenal forward Eddie Nketiah was full of praises for his pal and team mate, Joe Willock.

The English midfielder came off the bench to score his goal for Arsenal in the Premier League.

Mikel Arteta side recorded a 2-1 win against Southampton on Thursday evening.

Nketiah opened the scoring following a terrible mistake from keeper Alex McCarthy.

Joe Willock added the second for the Gunners after he thumped home from a rebound following a free kick on the edge of the box, completing a good day all round for the north London side.

'It was a very important three points,' said Nketiah. 'We've been unfortunate with results not going our way. We knew we had to roll our sleeves up and keep moving forward. It was difficult.

'They came out really strongly in the second half. We kept going in the heat and luckily we were able to wrap it up with another goal at the end. We work a lot on our high press and did it well today. I always do my best for the team.

I've done that [closing down the keeper] about 100 times so it's nice when one of them leads to a goal.'

'The team all worked hard together and we were unlucky not to score more goals with the chances. We were very focused - no-one likes working, especially us. We've been working really hard during quarantine and we needed that reward of three points by any means necessary.

'[On Willock] He's like my brother - if he scores, I celebrate and vice versa. It's nice to get on the scoresheet.'