Christian Norgaard labelled Brentford's 1-1 draw with Arsenal as 'deserved', after a 'very impressive' result at Emirates Stadium.

Saturday's captain was key in securing the point against the league leaders, and he was delighted to keep the Bees' good form going after a positive result in north London.

“We always find it difficult to celebrate a point but I think coming here, at this venue, in the form that Arsenal are in, fighting for the title in the Premier League, I think it's very impressive," said Norgaard.

“It was also a deserved [point]. I know they had the ball a lot and I know we were standing very low, but we also had our chances and, especially in the first half, Ivan [Toney] and Rico [Henry] missed two chances.

“The difference between today and when we came here last year, where I feel like they just kept us locked in the whole time, we didn't really get out at any point, so there was a big difference from this game to the one last year.”

He added: “We're on a really good run now where we've been undefeated for 10 games, so it's obviously a different confidence in the team right now - that is fantastic.

“But also the way we went forward, the transitions, the way we took our chances from set-pieces - scoring from another set-piece today - it really shows that our qualities are getting better, especially in that area.”

As well as a solid defensive performance, Norgaard recorded the assist for Ivan Toney's equaliser, after bravely hooking the ball back across goal for his team-mate to head in.

And the Dane said getting more goal contributions has been something he has been wanting to improve on for a while, so he was pleased to be involved in the strike that saw us draw with the Gunners.

“It was just about playing on instinct, really. After the World Cup, I've been involved in quite a lot of these second balls and I’ve had a couple of assists now," Norgaard stated.

“It's something that I've been focusing on quite a lot, trying to be involved as much as I can on the second balls, so it was nice to get an assist, even though it was close to being offside!”

Norgaard also spoke about the celebration for the equalising goal, which saw Toney hold aloft a shirt that said 'We are all with you Sergi,' after the passing of Sergi Canos' mother earlier this week.

The midfielder said: “We were aware of it over the last couple of days and I didn't actually know that it was planned like that, I was just really happy to see it.

“Of course, all of our thoughts go to him, which is much bigger than what we're talking about right here, in terms of football.

“He was very close to us and he knows he has a special place at the club, both us players and the fans.”