Gabriel Jesus has admitted he wants to "keep winning and scoring" after helping Arsenal beat Brentford on New Year's Day.

The striker scored his sixth goal from his last four outings in Arsenal’s 3-1 comeback victory at Brentford on Wednesday. Mikel Merino and Gabriel Martinelli were the other scorers in west London as the Gunners closed the gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool to six points.

With Bukayo Saka facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines, Jesus' return to form has come at the perfect time. The Brazil striker had scored just once in 33 appearances prior to his stunning turnaround in form.

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Jesus, a four-time Premier League winner with Manchester City, said: “I just want to keep winning and scoring and helping the team, the club, to be there always fighting for the title. I know it’s a long way, we have to look for ourselves and then obviously after, we want the top of the league to drop points. But we have to look at ourselves and do our job like we did today.”

Arsenal have finished runners-up to City for the past two seasons and start the new year again in second place. But Jesus, who was speaking to TNT Sports, continued: “The previous two years were amazing. Obviously, we did not win, but we fought until the end.

“To play in this competition is already hard, to fight for the title, imagine. I’ve already been there [with City], but I can see this team is experienced now. We have amazing players, and I’m sure we can go there and fight for the title. But it’s still early, and we just need to keep trying to play well and win the games.”

Like compatriot Jesus, Martinelli had also been struggling to find the back of the net, but his strike at the Gtech Community Stadium was his second in consecutive away matches for the Gunners. Commenting on his Brazilian duo’s goalscoring form, Arteta said: “It is very good timing and it is a big quality of our team to share the goals. We need the players up front to be firing and they have that feeling right now

"They are so consistent, the way they behave, the way they train, and they want it. Goals are about moments and the feeling and energy that a player has and they are both in a good mood right now.”