Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta wants to prevent teenage star Bukayo Saka becoming burdened by expectation following another standout display.

Saka backed up his goal in the 3-1 Boxing Day success over Chelsea by creating Alexandre Lacazette's second-half winner in Tuesday's 1-0 Premier League victory at struggling Brighton.

The 19-year-old has emerged as one of England's finest young talents and has already been capped four times at senior international level.

While Arteta has been impressed by Saka's rapid development, he is eager to avoid piling unnecessary pressure on the youngster.

"I would like everybody to be cautious, let him be and let him develop," said the Spaniard.

"I think he's having the right progression. I think he has the right people around him in his house, in his entourage.

"And he's got the right team-mates as well to support him all the time, giving him confidence and keeping his feet on the floor.

"Then hopefully we can be the right coaches around him and the right club to see the player that he can be in the future."

"We work our socks off, you can see that our performances are really good," the Iran international told Brighton's website.

"If you watch all of our games, we create four or five very good chances every game but we need to turn them into goals – that's what we need to work on.

"This moment isn't going to last forever though, there will be a time when those chances go in and then you will see how much quality we have got.

"We know with what we have in terms of our ability, we can turn this around.

"The picture can change quickly and if you put a couple of wins together you can climb the table very quickly."