Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta praised Alexandre Lacazette for his performance in victory over Southampton.
Lacazette was captain for the day after the axing of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and scored in the 3-0 win.
Arteta said: "I was really happy with him, he has done everything we asked him to do in the game. First of all he has come in and his defensive actions were top, and then the way he linked in, the way he understood the spaces and the threat that he was in the box. That's why he scored the goal and he had opportunities to do that. He really affected the team and I am really pleased with him."
On Lacazette's opener, the manager also said: "We needed that. As I said we started a little bit nervy, we could not break the press and we gave some dangerous balls away in key zones where normally against them you get punished.
"We got away with that situation. And then the team showed a different level, the confidence started to grow, we started to play better and better and we managed to dominate the game."
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