Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is happy with right-back Takehiro Tomiyasu coming from the bench in recent games.

The Japanese international is still stepping up his training and match work, as he recovers from an injury.

Centre-back Ben White continued to start for Arsenal in the right-back spot, as they made it five wins from five to start the Premier League season against Aston Villa.

"We are really happy that we are loading some minutes into him and he's responding really well," said Arteta about Tomiyasu coming off the bench again.

"He's been training now for weeks without any issues which is the first period he's been able to do that in the last six or seven months, and you can see the way he played today when he came on – I think he was really good."